Open AccessRhodococcus electrodiphilus sp. nov., a marine electro active actinobacterium isolated from coral reef
Author(s) -
E. V. V. Ramaprasad,
Ganesh Mahidhara,
Ch. Sasikala,
Ch. V. Ramana
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.0.002895
Subject(s) - biology , 16s ribosomal rna , diamino acid , microbiology and biotechnology , rhodococcus , bacteria , strain (injury) , genomic dna , biochemistry , botany , gene , genetics , gene sequence , anatomy
An electrogenic bacterium was isolated from a marine coral, designated as strain JC435 T and its taxonomic status examined by using a polyphasic approach. Results from the 16S rRNA gene sequence study showed that the isolate belonged to the genus Rhodococcus and formed a cluster with Rhodococcus ruber KCTC 9806 T (99.5 % 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity) and Rhodococcus aetherivorans JCM 14343 T (99.3 %), respectively. Genome relatedness based on DNA-DNA hybridization to the type strains of closest-related species was less than 30 % and the ΔTm of >7 °C, suggesting that strain represents a new species of the genus Rhodococcus. The major fatty acids were C16 : 0, C18 : 1ω9c, C18 : 010-methyl and C16 : 1ω6c and/or C16 : 1ω7c. The polar lipids of strain JC435 T were diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylinositol mannoside, phosphatidylinositol, three unknown phospholipids and an unknown amino lipid. The major isoprenoid quinone was MK-8(H2), with 8 % of MK-7(H2) and 2 % of MK-9(H2) as minor components. Whole-cell hydrolysates contained meso-diaminopimelic acid, arabinose and galactose as the diagnostic diamino acid and sugars. Mycolic acids were detected. The genomic DNA G+C content of strain JC435 T was 69.8 mol%. On the basis of phylogenetic genotypic, physiological and chemotaxonomic analysis, strain JC435 T is considered to represent a novel species of the genus Rhodococcus for which the name Rhodococcuselectrodiphilus sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is JC435 T (=KCTC 39856 T =LMG 29881 T =MCC 3659 T ).