Nautilia abyssi sp nov., a thermophilic, chemolithoautotrophic, sulfur-reducing bacterium isolated from an East Pacific Rise hydrothermal vent

Type Article
Date 2009-06
Language English
Author(s) Alain Karine1, Callac NolwennORCID1, Guegan Marianne1, Lesongeur Francoise1, Crassous Philippe2, Cambon-Bonavita Marie-AnneORCID1, Querellou Joel1, Prieur Daniel1
Affiliation(s) 1 : IUEM, UMR6197, Lab Microbiol Environm Extremes, F-29280 Plouzane, France.
2 : IFREMER, EEP LEP, Lab Environm Profond, F-29280 Plouzane, France.
Source International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology (1466-5026) (Society for General Microbiology), 2009-06 , Vol. 59 , P. 1310-1315
DOI 10.1099/ijs.0.005454-0
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Abstract A novel strictly anaerobic, thermophilic, sulfur-reducing bacterium, designated PH1209(T), was isolated from an East Pacific Rise hydrothermal vent (13 degrees N) sample and studied using a polyphasic taxonomic approach. Cells were Gram-negative, motile rods (approx. 1.60x0.40 mu m) with a single polar flagellum. Strain PH1209(T) grew at temperatures between 33 and 65 degrees C (optimum 60 degrees C), from pH 5.0 to 8.0 (optimum 6.0-6.5), and between 2 and 4% (w/v) NaCl (optimum 3%). Cells grew chemolithoautotrophically with H-2 as an energy source, So as an electron acceptor and CO2 as a carbon source. Strain PH1209(T) was also able to use peptone and yeast extract as carbon sources. The G+C content of the genomic DNA was 35 mol%. Phylogenetic: analyses based on 16S rRNA gene sequencing showed that strain PH1209(T) fell within the order Nautiliales, in the class Epsilonproteobacteria. Comparative 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis indicated that strain PH1209(T) belonged to the genus Nautilia and shared 97.2 and 98.7% 16S rRNA gene sequence identity, respectively, with the type strains of Nautilia lithotrophica and Nautilia profundicola. It is proposed, from the polyphasic evidence, that the strain represents a novel species, Nautilia abyssi sp. nov.; the type strain is PH1209(T) (=DSM 21157(T)=JCM 15390(T)).
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Alain Karine, Callac Nolwenn, Guegan Marianne, Lesongeur Francoise, Crassous Philippe, Cambon-Bonavita Marie-Anne, Querellou Joel, Prieur Daniel (2009). Nautilia abyssi sp nov., a thermophilic, chemolithoautotrophic, sulfur-reducing bacterium isolated from an East Pacific Rise hydrothermal vent. International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology, 59, 1310-1315. Publisher's official version : https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.005454-0 , Open Access version : https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00000/6585/