FN Archimer Export Format PT J TI Methanocaldococcus lauensis sp. nov., a novel deep-sea hydrothermal vent hyperthermophilic methanogen BT AF L'Haridon, Stephane Goulaouic, Steven St John, Emily Fouteau, Stephanie Reysenbach, Anna-Louise AS 1:1;2:1;3:2;4:3;5:2; FF 1:;2:;3:;4:;5:; C1 Univ Brest, CNRS, IFREMER, Unité Biologie et Ecologie des Ecosystèmes Marins Profonds, F-29280, Plouzané, France Department of Biology and Center for Life in Extreme Environments, Portland State University, P.O.Box 751 Portland, OR 97207, USA Génomique Métabolique, CEA, Genoscope, Institut François Jacob, Université d’Évry and Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, Evry, France C2 UBO, FRANCE UNIV PORTLAND STATE, USA UNIV PARIS SACLAY, FRANCE UM BEEP-LM2E IN WOS Cotutelle UMR copubli-france copubli-univ-france copubli-int-hors-europe IF 2.8 TC 0 UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00818/92988/99637.pdf LA English DT Article CR CHUBACARC BO L'Atalante DE ;deep-sea hydrothermal vent;Euryarchaeota;Methanocaldococcaceae;Methanococcales;Methanococci;Methanocaldococcus AB Three hyperthermophilic methanogens, designated strain SG7T, strain SG1 and strain SLH, were isolated from the ABE and Tu’i Malila deep-sea hydrothermal vent fields along the Eastern Lau Spreading Center. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequence indicated that strains SG7T, SG1 and SLH were affiliated with the genus Methanocaldococcus within the family Methanocaldococcaceae , order Methanococcales . They shared 95.5–99.48 % 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity to other Methanocaldococcus species and were most closely related to Methanocaldococcus bathoardescens . Cells of strains SG7T, SG1 and SLH were cocci, with a diameter of 1.0–2.2 µm. The three strains grew between 45 and 93 °C (optimum, 80–85 °C), at pH 5.0–7.1 (optimum pH 6.2) and with 10–50 g l−1 NaCl (optimum 20–25 g l−1). Genome analysis revealed the presence of a 5.1 kbp plasmid in strain SG7T. Based on the results of average nucleotide identity and digital DNA–DNA hybridization analyses, we propose that strains SG1 and SG7T are representatives of a novel species, for which the name Methanocaldococcus lauensis sp. nov. is proposed; the type strain is SG7T (=DSM 109608T=JCM 39049T). PY 2023 SO International Journal Of Systematic And Evolutionary Microbiology SN 1466-5026 PU Microbiology Society VL 73 IS 1 UT 001008263300012 DI 10.1099/ijsem.0.005646 ID 92988 ER EF