1. Desulfosporomusa polytropagen. nov., sp. nov., a novel sulfate-reducing bacterium from sediments of an oligotrophic lake.
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Sass, Henrik, Overmann, Jörg, Rütters, Heike, Babenzien, Hans-Dietrich, and Cypionka, Heribert
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CARBON monoxide , *FERROUS oxide , *AROMATIC compounds , *FLAGELLA (Microbiology) , *BIOLOGICAL pigments , *AMINO acids - Abstract
Five strains of sulfate-reducing bacteria were isolated from the highest positive dilutions of a most probable number (MPN) series supplemented with lactate and inoculated with sediments from the oligotrophic Lake Stechlin. The isolates were endospore-forming and were motile by means of laterally inserted flagella. They stained Gram-negative and containedb-type cytochromes. CO difference spectra indicated the presence of P582 as a sulfite reductase. Phylogenetic analyses of the 16S rDNA sequences revealed that the isolates were very closely affiliated with the genusSporomusa. However, sulfate and amorphous Fe(OH)3, but not sulfite, elemental sulfur, MnO2, or nitrate were used as terminal electron acceptors. Homoacetogenic growth was found with H2/CO2 gas mixture, formate, methanol, ethanol, and methoxylated aromatic compounds. The strains grew autotrophically with H2 plus CO2 in the presence or absence of sulfate. Formate, butyrate, several alcohols, organic acids, carbohydrates, some amino acids, choline, and betaine were also utilized as substrates. The growth yield with lactate and sulfate as substrate was 7.0 g dry mass/mol lactate and thus two times higher than in sulfate-free fermenting cultures. All isolates were able to grow in a temperature range of 4-37°C. Physiologically and by the presence of a Gram-negative cell wall, the new isolates resemble knownDesulfosporosinusspecies. However, phylogenetically they are affiliated with the Gram-negative genusSporomusabelonging to theSelenomonassubgroup of the Firmicutes. Therefore, the new isolates reveal a new phylogenetic lineage of sulfate-reducing bacteria. A new genus and species,Desulfosporomusa polytropagen. nov., sp. nov. is proposed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2004
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