| reclassification of [flavobacterium] ferrugineum as terrimonas ferruginea gen. nov., comb. nov., and description of terrimonas lutea sp. nov., isolated from soil. | strain dy(t), which was isolated from garden soil in japan, was subjected to a polyphasic taxonomic study. sequence analysis of the 16s rrna gene and the gyrb protein revealed that the closest relative of strain dyt was [flavobacterium] ferrugineum sickles and shaw 1934, with 94.8 and 90.1 % similarity, respectively. the two strains had similar chemotaxonomic characteristics, with menaquinone 7 as the major quinone system, 47.2-48.9 mol% dna g+c content and 15 : 0 iso, 15 : 1 iso, 17 : 0 iso 3-o ... | 2006 | 16627664 |
| niastella koreensis gen. nov., sp. nov. and niastella yeongjuensis sp. nov., novel members of the phylum bacteroidetes, isolated from soil cultivated with korean ginseng. | two novel strains, gr20-10(t) and gr20-13(t), were isolated from soil using r2a medium. the soil sample was collected from a field in the yeongju region of korea that was cultivated with korean ginseng. phylogenetic analysis based on 16s rrna gene sequences indicated that these strains formed a cluster with several uncultured bacterial clones and with flexibacter filiformis, flexibacter sancti, flexibacter japonensis, cytophaga arvensicola and flavobacterium ferrugineum (recently reclassified as ... | 2006 | 16902007 |
| transfer of [flexibacter] sancti, [flexibacter] filiformis, [flexibacter] japonensis and [cytophaga] arvensicola to the genus chitinophaga and description of chitinophaga skermanii sp. nov. | analysis of the 16s rrna gene sequences of species currently assigned to the genus flexibacter has shown extensive intrageneric phylogenetic heterogeneity. it has been shown in previous studies that the species [flexibacter] sancti, [flexibacter] filiformis and [flexibacter] japonensis were most closely related to chitinophaga pinensis. in addition, [cytophaga] arvensicola and species of the genus terrimonas also clustered into this phylogenetic group. although the similarities of 16s rrna gene ... | 2006 | 16957125 |
| niabella aurantiaca gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a greenhouse soil in korea. | an orange-coloured bacterial strain, designated r2a15-11(t), was isolated from greenhouse soil. the strain was found to be strictly aerobic, gram-negative, non-spore-forming and non-flagellated. the cells were short rods (0.7-0.9x1.0-1.5 mum) and produced flexirubin. growth of the strain was observed at 10-35 degrees c, ph 5.0-8.0 and 0-3 % (w/v) nacl. the predominant isoprenoid quinone was mk-7. the major fatty acids were iso-c(15 : 0), iso-c(15 : 1) g, iso-c(17 : 0) 3-oh and summed feature 3 ( ... | 2007 | 17329780 |
| segetibacter koreensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the phylum bacteroidetes, isolated from the soil of a ginseng field in south korea. | a novel strain, designated gsoil 664(t), isolated from the soil of a ginseng field in south korea, was characterized by a polyphasic approach to clarify its taxonomic position. the isolate was gram-negative, strictly aerobic, heterotrophic, non-motile, non-spore-forming and possessed rod-shaped cells. phylogenetic analysis based on 16s rrna gene sequences indicated that the novel isolate formed a cluster with several uncultured bacterial clones and with the established genera terrimonas, niastel ... | 2007 | 17684266 |
| flavisolibacter ginsengiterrae gen. nov., sp. nov. and flavisolibacter ginsengisoli sp. nov., isolated from ginseng cultivating soil. | two strains (gsoil 492(t) and gsoil 643(t)) isolated in pocheon province, south korea, from soil used for ginseng cultivation were characterized using a polyphasic approach. both isolates comprised gram-negative, aerobic, non-motile, rod-shaped bacteria. they had similar chemotaxonomic characteristics, e.g. containing mk-7 as the major quinone, having a dna g+c content in the range 42.5-43.3 mol% and possessing iso-c(15 : 0) and iso-c(17 : 0) 3-oh as the major fatty acids. a phylogenetic analysi ... | 2007 | 17684267 |
| sediminibacterium salmoneum gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the phylum bacteroidetes isolated from sediment of a eutrophic reservoir. | strain nj-44(t), isolated from sediment of the eutrophic guanting reservoir in beijing (china), was subjected to a taxonomic study using a polyphasic approach. the strain was aerobic, with salmon-pink-pigmented colonies on r2a agar. cells were single, gram-negative rods, motile by gliding. phylogenetic analysis based on the 16s rrna gene sequence showed that strain nj-44(t) belonged to the phylum bacteroidetes, with terrimonas ferruginea atcc 13524(t) (90.8% similarity), terrimonas lutea dy(t) ( ... | 2008 | 18768628 |
| biodegradation of methyl tert-butyl ether by enriched bacterial culture. | degradation of methyl tert-butyl ether (mtbe) as a sole carbon and energy source was investigated utilizing an enriched bacterial consortium derived from an old environmental mtbe spill. this enriched culture grew on mtbe with concentration up to 500 mg/l, reducing the mtbe in medium to undetectable concentrations in 23 days. traces of tert-butyl alcohol were detected during mtbe degradation. the degradation was not affected by additional cobalt ions, whereas low concentration of glucose enhance ... | 2009 | 19319597 |
| filimonas lacunae gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the phylum bacteroidetes isolated from fresh water. | a gram-negative, strictly aerobic, motile, filamentous and viscous exopolymer-producing bacterium, designated strain yt21(t), was isolated from fresh water. phylogenetic analysis of the 16s rrna gene sequence indicated that strain yt21(t) lies within a cluster containing the established genera segetibacter, terrimonas, niastella and chitinophaga in the phylum bacteroidetes. however, the isolate represented a lineage distinct from these genera, with sequence similarities ranging from 88.9 to 91.8 ... | 2009 | 19406807 |
| ferruginibacter alkalilentus gen. nov., sp. nov. and ferruginibacter lapsinanis sp. nov., novel members of the family 'chitinophagaceae' in the phylum bacteroidetes, isolated from freshwater sediment. | six gram-negative, non-gliding, rod-shaped bacterial strains isolated from freshwater sediment were subjected to polyphasic analyses to determine their taxonomic positions. analysis of the 16s rrna gene sequences of the six strains revealed that they represent two separate genomic species in a new lineage within the phylum bacteroidetes, related to members of the family 'chitinophagaceae', in which they were most closely related to members of the genus terrimonas (93.4-90.5 %). two of the isolat ... | 2009 | 19620358 |
| parasegetibacter luojiensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the phylum bacteroidetes isolated from a forest soil. | a novel golden-yellow-coloured strain, designated rhyl-37(t), was isolated from a soil sample from a forest of euphrates poplar (populus euphratica) in xinjiang, china. the cells were strictly aerobic, gram-staining-negative, heterotrophic, non-spore-forming rods that were motile by gliding. growth occurred at 17-37 degrees c (optimum, 30 degrees c), at ph 5.0-9.0 (optimum, ph 7.0) and with 0-1 % nacl (w/v; optimum, 0 %). phylogenetic analysis based on 16s rrna gene sequences indicated that the ... | 2009 | 19643901 |
| flavihumibacter petaseus gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from soil of a subtropical rainforest. | a yellow-coloured bacterium, t41(t), was isolated from a soil sample of a subtropical rainforest in nepal. cells were gram-reaction-positive, aerobic, non-motile, short rods. phylogenetic analysis based on 16s rrna gene sequences indicated that the strain formed a cluster with terrimonas ferruginea, terrimonas lutea, niabella soli, flavisolibacter ginsengiterrae, flavisolibacter ginsengisoli, niastella yeongjuensis and niastella koreensis in the phylum bacteroidetes. the strain showed the highes ... | 2010 | 19700449 |
| solibius ginsengiterrae gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from soil of a ginseng field, and emended description of the genus sediminibacterium and of sediminibacterium salmoneium. | a novel gram-staining-negative bacterial strain, designated dcy13t, was isolated from soil of a ginseng field in korea and characterized by using a polyphasic approach. the phylogenetic analysis based on 16s rrna gene sequences revealed that strain dcy13t forms a cluster with members of the genera sediminibacterium, flavisolibacter, niabella, terrimonas, niastella and chitinophaga in the family 'chitinophagaceae', phylum bacteroidetes, and shares highest sequence similarity (95.2 %) with sedimin ... | 2010 | 20061500 |
| terrimonas aquatica sp. nov., isolated from a freshwater spring. | a yellow-pigmented bacterial strain, designated rib1-6(t), was isolated from a freshwater spring in taiwan. strain rib1-6(t) was aerobic, gram-negative, rod-shaped, non-motile and non-spore-forming. growth occurred at 10-37 °c, at ph 7-8 and with 0-1 % (w/v) nacl. phylogenetic analyses based on 16s rrna gene sequences showed that strain rib1-6(t) belonged to the genus terrimonas and its two closest neighbours were terrimonas ferruginea atcc 13524(t) and terrimonas lutea dy(t) (16s rrna gene sequ ... | 2010 | 20061502 |
| hydrotalea flava gen. nov., sp. nov., a new member of the phylum bacteroidetes and allocation of the genera chitinophaga, sediminibacterium, lacibacter, flavihumibacter, flavisolibacter, niabella, niastella, segetibacter, parasegetibacter, terrimonas, ferruginibacter, filimonas and hydrotalea to the family chitinophagaceae fam. nov. | three bacterial strains, designated ccug 51397(t), ccug 53736 and ccug 53920, isolated from water samples taken at different locations in southern sweden were studied to determine their taxonomic position using a polyphasic approach. comparative analysis of 16s rrna gene sequences showed that these bacteria had <93 % sequence similarity to all described species of the genera sediminibacterium, lacibacter, flavihumibacter, flavisolibacter, niabella, niastella, segetibacter, parasegetibacter, terr ... | 2011 | 20382796 |
| flavitalea populi gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from soil of euphrates poplar (populus euphratica) forest in china. | a novel strain, designated hy-50rt, isolated from soil of euphrates poplar (populus euphratica) forest in xinjiang, china, was characterized using a polyphasic taxonomic approach. the isolate was gram-negative, strictly aerobic, rod-shaped, non-motile, oxidase-negative and catalase-positive. phylogenetic analysis based on 16s rrna gene sequences showed that the isolate is a member of the phylum bacteroidetes, with niastella populi thyl-44t (93.6 % similarity), flavisolibacter ginsengisoli gsoil ... | 2010 | 20656815 |
| terrimonas rubra sp. nov., isolated from a polluted farmland soil and emended description of genus terrimonas. | a salmon-red pigmented bacterial strain designated m-8t was isolated from a polluted farmland soil sample in china and was characterized using polyphasic taxonomic approach. strain m-8t was gram-negative, rod-shaped, non-motile and non-spore-forming. growth occurred at 20-37 °c, ph 5.0-10.0 and 0-2 % nacl (w/v). phylogenetic analysis based on 16s rrna gene sequences showed that strain m-8t belongs to the genus terrimonas. the sequence similarities of 16s rrna gene between m-8t and three recogniz ... | 2011 | 22199223 |
| Changes in bacterial community of anthracene bioremediation in municipal solid waste composting soil. | Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are common contaminants in a municipal solid waste (MSW) composting site. Knowledge of changes in microbial structure is useful to identify particular PAH degraders. However, the microbial community in the MSW composting soil and its change associated with prolonged exposure to PAHs and subsequent biodegradation remain largely unknown. In this study, anthracene was selected as a model compound. The bacterial community structure was investigated using termi ... | 2011 | 21887852 |