Open AccessDescription of Alicyclobacillus montanus sp. nov., a mixotrophic bacterium isolated from acidic hot springs
Author(s) -
Gina López,
Carolina DíazCárdenas,
J. David Alzate,
Laura González,
Nicole Shapiro,
Tanja Woyke,
Nikos C. Kyrpides,
Silvia Restrepo,
Sandra Baena
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
international journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.925
H-Index - 173
eISSN - 1466-5034
pISSN - 1466-5026
DOI - 10.1099/ijsem.0.002718
Subject(s) - biology , phylogenetic tree , 16s ribosomal rna , strain (injury) , genome size , microbiology and biotechnology , bacteria , genetics , genome , gene , anatomy
Three morphologically similar thermo-acidophilic strains, USBA-GBX-501, USBA-GBX-502 and USBA-GBX-503 T , were isolated from acidic thermal springs at the National Natural Park Los Nevados (Colombia). All isolates were spore-forming, Gram-stain-positive and motile, growing aerobically at 25-55 °C (optimum ~45 °C) and at pH 1.5-4.5 (optimum pH ~3.0). Phylogenetic analysis of the 16S rRNA gene sequences of these isolates showed an almost identical sequence (99.0 % similarity) and they formed a robust cluster with the closest relative Alicyclobacillus tolerans DSM 16297 T with a sequence similarity of 99.0 %. Average similarity to other species of the genus Alicyclobacillus was 93.0 % and average similarity to species of the genus Effusibacillus was 90 %. In addition, the level of DNA-DNA hybridization between strain USBA-GBX-503 T and Alicyclobacillus tolerans DSM 16297 T was 31.7 %. The genomic DNA G+C content of strain USBA-GBX-503 T was 44.6 mol%. The only menaquinone was MK-7 (100.0 %). No ω-alicyclic fatty acids were detected in strain USBA-GBX-503 T , and the major cellular fatty acids were C18 : 1ω7c, anteiso-C17 : 0 and iso-C17 : 0. Based on phenotypic and chemotaxonomic characteristics, phylogenetic analysis and DNA-DNA relatedness values, along with low levels of identity at the whole genome level (ANIb and ANIm values of <67.0 and <91.0 %, respectively), it can be concluded that strain USBA-GBX-503 T represents a novel species of the genus Alicyclobacillus, for which the name Alicyclobacillus montanus sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is USBA-GBX-503 T (=CMPUJ UGB U503 T =CBMAI1927 T ).