Hymenobacter aquaticus sp. nov., a radiation-resistant bacterium isolated from a river

Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 2017 May;67(5):1206-1211. doi: 10.1099/ijsem.0.001788. Epub 2017 May 30.

Abstract

A Gram-stain-negative, non-motile, non-spore-forming, rod-shaped, aerobic bacterial strain, designated 16F3PT, was isolated from the Han River, South Korea, and characterized taxonomically using a polyphasic approach. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences revealed 16F3PT to be within the genus Hymenobacter, and most closely related to Hymenobacterchitinivorans Txc1T (98.62 %) and Hymenobacterelongatus VUG-A112T (98.46 %). The phylogenetic distance from other species of the genus Hymenobacter with validly published names was greater than 4 % (i.e. sequence similarity was less than 96.0 %). Chemotaxonomic data also supported the classification of strain 16F3PT within the genus Hymenobacter. C16 : 0 (19.8 %), summed feature 3 (C16 : 1ω7c/C16 : 1ω6c; 15.4 %) and iso-C15 : 0 (13.0 %) were the major fatty acids, MK-7 was the predominant respiratory quinone, and phosphatidylethanolamine was the major polar lipid. The G+C content of the genomic DNA of strain 16F3PT was 61.9 mol%. DNA-DNA hybridization experiments showed that the values for DNA-DNA relatedness between strain 16F3PT and the phylogenetically closest neighbours were below 19 %. On the basis of its phenotypic properties and phylogenetic distinctiveness, strain 16F3PT represents a novel species of the genus Hymenobacter, for which the name Hymenobacter aquaticus sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is 16F3PT (=KCTC 52194T=JCM 31653T).

MeSH terms

  • Bacterial Typing Techniques
  • Base Composition
  • Cytophagaceae / classification*
  • Cytophagaceae / isolation & purification
  • Cytophagaceae / radiation effects*
  • DNA, Bacterial / genetics
  • Fatty Acids / chemistry
  • Nucleic Acid Hybridization
  • Phosphatidylethanolamines / chemistry
  • Phylogeny*
  • RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / genetics
  • Republic of Korea
  • Rivers / microbiology*
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA
  • Vitamin K 2 / analogs & derivatives
  • Vitamin K 2 / chemistry

Substances

  • DNA, Bacterial
  • Fatty Acids
  • Phosphatidylethanolamines
  • RNA, Ribosomal, 16S
  • Vitamin K 2
  • phosphatidylethanolamine
  • menaquinone 7