{"title":"Unveiling tribal treasures: myco-chemical characterization and pharmacological evaluation of an unexplored Russula pers. species","authors":"Gouri Basak, Soumitra Paloi, Arghya Naskar, Sandipta Ghosh, Krishnendu Acharya","doi":"10.1007/s10482-024-02018-z","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10482-024-02018-z","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>During extensive field explorations of the Lateritic area in West Bengal, one remarkable wild Russuloid macrofungus, ethnically termed “Kend Patra,” was collected. The species was known to enrich the diet of the local people, being considered as income source for some tribal groups. Using morphological characters and molecular analysis of this collection, provide a unique placement of the taxon in the <i>Russula</i> subgenus <i>Compactae</i> (Fr.) Bon. Further in order to find functional constituents for biopharma applications, methanolic extract was prepared that shows the existence of a substantial amounts of phenol, flavonoid, ascorbic acid and carotenoids. Antioxidant activity was determined where the fraction demonstrated strong DPPH, ABTS, and nitric oxide radical scavenging activities, high Fe<sup>2+</sup> ion chelating ability, and a reducing power with EC<sub>50</sub> values ranging from 538.69 to 891.75 µg/ml. The extract was found to be effective against <i>Listeria monocytogenes</i>, <i>Bacillus subtilis</i>, <i>Pseudomonas aeruginosa</i>, <i>Escherichia coli</i>, <i>Salmonella typhi</i> and <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i>. In addition, the extract exhibited potent anticancer activities as it inhibited A549 cell proliferation, caused morphological changes, elevated ROS levels, hindered the clonogenic ability and migratory potential of cancerous cells, arrested cell cycle progression at S phase, and induced apoptosis by modulating the intrinsic mitochondrial pathway. Overall, this study contributes a new species to the world’s myco-diversity and presents an exciting opportunity for future researchers to conduct comprehensive investigations on this unique species in order to uncover potential new medications for human use.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":50746,"journal":{"name":"Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology","volume":"118 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-10-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142378546","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Involvement of adhesins (EcpD, FdeC, FimH) expressed in mammary pathogenic Escherichia coli on adhesion to bovine mammary epithelial cells","authors":"Yusaku Tsugami, Taketoshi Iwata, Aoi Sugiyama, Megumi Onishi, Kei-ichi Nakajima, Makoto Osaki, Yuya Nagasawa","doi":"10.1007/s10482-024-02025-0","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10482-024-02025-0","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Mammary pathogenic <i>Escherichia coli</i> (MPEC) causes mastitis, which results in substantial economic losses to the dairy industry. A high percentage of <i>Escherichia coli</i> isolated from cows with clinical mastitis harbor adhesin genes, such as <i>fimH</i>. However, it is unclear whether these adhesins are important in the adhesion of MPEC to bovine mammary epithelial cells (BMECs). Therefore, we investigated the effect of adhesins (EcpD, FdeC, and FimH) in MPEC on adherence to the bovine mammary epithelium using cultured BMECs. For this purpose, we used wild-type MPEC as well as single- and double-mutants of <i>fimH</i>, <i>ecpD</i>, and <i>fdeC</i>, and performed adhesion assays with BMECs. First, BMECs were cultured in the presence of lactogenic hormones to induce milk component production and tight junction formation. The bacterial count of the wild-type strain that adhered to the BMECs increased in a dose-dependent manner. In deletion mutant strains, the Δ<i>fimH</i> strain showed lower adhesion (<i>P</i> < 0.05), whereas the adhesion ratio of the Δ<i>ecpD</i> and Δ<i>fdeC</i> strains was not statistically different compared with that of the wild-type strain (<i>P</i> > 0.05). Additionally, the <i>fimH</i>/<i>fdeC</i> double-deletion mutants showed the lowest adhesion to BMECs. In conclusion, FimH is crucial in the adhesion of MPEC to BMECs. Overall, our work identifies FimH or FimH/FdeC as interesting targets for future drugs or vaccines to improve the treatment, prevention or chronicity of mastitis induced by MPEC.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":50746,"journal":{"name":"Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology","volume":"118 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-10-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142367320","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Qing-Yu Xu, Lei Gao, Dildar Wu, Xin-Yao Li, Yong-Hong Liu, Yao Zhang, Yue-Heng Chen, Ting-Ting She, Bao-Zhu Fang, Wen-Jun Li
{"title":"Aquibaculum sediminis sp. nov., a halotolerant bacteria isolated from salt lake sediment","authors":"Qing-Yu Xu, Lei Gao, Dildar Wu, Xin-Yao Li, Yong-Hong Liu, Yao Zhang, Yue-Heng Chen, Ting-Ting She, Bao-Zhu Fang, Wen-Jun Li","doi":"10.1007/s10482-024-02024-1","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10482-024-02024-1","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>An aerobic, Gram-stain negative bacterium was isolated from sediment samples of Barkol salt lake in Hami City, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China, with the number EGI_FJ10229<sup>T</sup>. The strain is ellipse-shaped, oxidase-negative, catalase-positive, and has white, round, smooth, opaque colonies on marine 2216 E agar plate. Growth occurs at 4.0–37.0 ℃ (optimal:30.0 ℃), pH 7.0–9.0 (optimal: pH 8.0) and NaCl concentration of 0–8.0% (optimal: 3.0%). Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene and genome sequences indicated that the isolated strain should be assigned to the genus <i>Aquibaculum</i> and was most closely related to <i>Aquibaculum arenosum</i> CAU 1616<sup> T</sup>. Average nucleotide identity (ANI) and Average amino-acid identity (AAI) values between the type species of the genus <i>Aquibaculum</i> and other related type species were lower than the threshold values recommended for bacterial species. The genomic DNA G + C content of EGI_FJ10229<sup>T</sup> was 65.41%. The major polar lipids were diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylmethylethanolamine, phosphatidylcholine, phosphatidylethanolamine and unidentified phospholipid. The major fatty acids (> 5%) were C<sub>19:0</sub> cyclo <i>ω</i>8<i>c</i> (42.0%) and C<sub>18:1</sub> <i>ω</i>7<i>c</i> (33.78%). The respiratory quinone identified was Q-10. Differential phenotypic and genotypic characteristics of this strain and species of genus <i>Aquibaculum</i> showed that the strain should be classified as representing a new species belonging to this genus, for which the name <i>Aquibaculum sediminis</i> sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain of the proposed novel species is EGI_FJ10229<sup>T</sup> (= KCTC 8570<sup> T</sup> = GDMCC 1.4598<sup> T</sup>).</p></div>","PeriodicalId":50746,"journal":{"name":"Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology","volume":"118 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142331808","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Roseobacter weihaiensis sp. nov., a cellulose-degrading bacterium isolated from intestinal content of Nipponacmea schrenckii collected from golden beach in Weihai, China","authors":"Yu-Rui Li, Ming-Jing Zhang, Yan-Jun Yi, Xiao-Chen Wang, Dong-Mei San, Yan-Xia Zhou","doi":"10.1007/s10482-024-02009-0","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10482-024-02009-0","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>A Gram-staining-negative, dark pink, rod-shaped, amastigote and cellulose-degrading strain, designated H9<sup>T</sup>, was isolated from intestinal contents of <i>Nipponacmea schrenckii</i>. The isolate was able to grow at 4–42 °C (optimum, 25 °C), at pH 6.5–9.0 (optimum, pH 7.0), and with 0.0–11.0% (w/v) NaCl (optimum, 3.0–5.0%). Phylogenetic analysis of the 16S rRNA gene sequence suggested that isolate H9<sup>T</sup> belongs to the genus <i>Roseobacter</i>, neighboring <i>Roseobacter insulae</i> YSTF-M11<sup><i>T</i></sup>, <i>Roseobacter cerasinus</i> AI77<sup>T</sup> and <i>Roseobacter ponti</i> MM-7<sup> T</sup>, and the pairwise sequence showed the highest similarity of 99.1% to <i>Roseobacter insulae</i> YSTF-M11<sup><i>T</i></sup>. The major fatty acid was summed feature 8 (C<sub>18:1</sub><i>ω</i>7<i>c</i> and/or C<sub>18:1</sub><i>ω</i>6<i>c</i>; 81.08%). The predominant respiratory quinone was Q-10. The polar lipids consisted of phosphatidylcholine, phosphatidylglycerol, an unknown lipid, and a small amount of an unknown phospholipid. The genome of strain H9<sup>T</sup> was 5,351,685 bp in length, and the DNA G + C content was 59.8%. The average amino acid identity (AAI), average nucleotide identity (ANI), and digital DNA hybridization (dDDH) values between strain H9<sup>T</sup> and closely related strains were 63.4–76.8%, 74.7–78.8%, and 13.4–19.7%, respectively. On the basis of the phenotypic, chemical taxonomic, and phylogenetic data, it is suggested that strain H9<sup>T</sup> should represent a novel species in the genus <i>Roseobacter</i>, for which the name <i>Roseobacter weihaiensis</i> sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is H9<sup>T</sup> (= KCTC 82507<sup> T</sup> = MCCC 1K04354<sup>T</sup>).</p></div>","PeriodicalId":50746,"journal":{"name":"Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology","volume":"118 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-09-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142331810","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Florfenicol-resistant Brevundimonas sanguinis sp. nov., a novel bacterium isolated from patient blood in South Korea","authors":"Ji Hee Lee, Yewon An, Su Yeon Kim","doi":"10.1007/s10482-024-02020-5","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10482-024-02020-5","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>An aerobic, Gram-stain-negative, non-motile, non-spore-forming, short rod-shaped bacterial strain, designated NCCP 15609 <sup>T</sup>, was isolated from the blood sample of a patient in the Republic of Korea. The strain was identified as <i>Brevundimonas diminuta</i> using MALDI–TOF. A phylogenetic tree constructed using 16S rRNA gene sequences revealed that the isolate was of the genus <i>Brevundimonas</i> with 99.8% similarity to <i>B. naejangsanensis</i>. The strain NCCP 15609<sup>T</sup> genome consisted of one contig with 3,063,090 bp, and had a G+C content of 67.4%. The genome contained 2,949 protein-coding sequences, 52 tRNAs, and 6 rRNAs. The DNA–DNA hybridisation between NCCP 15609<sup>T</sup> and <i>B</i>. <i>naejangsanensis</i> yielded 92.5% and 49.5% ± 2.6%, respectively, using the average nucleotide identity (ANI) and digital DNA–DNA hybridisation (dDDH). The predominant fatty acids of strain NCCP 15609<sup>T</sup> were summed feature 8 (C<sub>18:1</sub> <i>ω</i>7<i>c</i>/C<sub>18:1</sub> <i>ω</i>6<i>c</i>) and C<sub>16:0</sub>. The isolate contained polar lipids and quinone, corresponding to phosphatidylglycerol, 1,2-di-<i>O</i>-acyl-3-<i>O</i>-[D-glycopyranosyl (1 → 4)-<i>α</i>-D-glucopyranuronosyl] glycerol, and ubiquinone-10, respectively. Based on its phylogenetic, physiological, and chemotaxonomic characteristics, we suggest that NCCP 15609<sup>T</sup> represents a novel pathogen resource of the genus <i>Brevundimonas</i> and propose to name it <i>Brevundimonas sanguinis</i> sp. nov. The type strain is NCCP 15609<sup>T</sup> (= DSM 116005<sup>T</sup>).</p></div>","PeriodicalId":50746,"journal":{"name":"Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology","volume":"118 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-09-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11427616/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142331809","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Un Cho, Jehyun Jeon, Woohyun Kim, Soon Gyu Hong, Hyoungseok Lee, Yung Mi Lee
{"title":"Acidisoma cladoniae sp. nov., an acidotolerant bacterium isolated from an Antarctic lichen","authors":"Un Cho, Jehyun Jeon, Woohyun Kim, Soon Gyu Hong, Hyoungseok Lee, Yung Mi Lee","doi":"10.1007/s10482-024-02021-4","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10482-024-02021-4","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Gram-staining-negative, aerobic, white-cream-pearly colony, coccobacilli, and non-motile bacterial strain, PAMC 29798<sup>T</sup> was isolated from an Antarctic lichen. The strain was acidotolerant and psychrotolerant growing at pH 4.0–7.5 (optimally at pH 4.0–6.5) and 0–25 °C (optimally at 10–20 °C). The major fatty acids are Summed Feature 8, C<sub>18:1</sub> 2OH, and C<sub>19:0</sub> cyclo ω8<i>c</i>. The major respiratory quinone was Q-10. Phylogenetic and phylogenomic analyses indicated that strain PAMC 29798<sup>T</sup> belonged to the genus <i>Acidisoma</i> and 16S rRNA gene sequences of PAMC 29798<sup>T</sup> were closely related to <i>Acidisoma silvae</i> (97.7% sequence similarity), <i>Acidisoma cellulosilyticum</i> (96.5%), <i>Acidisoma tundrae</i> (96.5%), and <i>Acidisoma sibiricum</i> (96.3%). Genomic relatedness analyses showed that strain PAMC 29798<sup>T</sup> was clearly distinguished from type strains of the genus <i>Acidisoma</i> based on values of average nucleotide identity (< 75%) and the digital DNA-DNA hybridization (< 19.6%). Genome analysis revealed that the genome size of PAMC 29798<sup>T</sup> is approximately 5.0 Mb with a G+C content of 63.4%. The complete genome comprises 5 contigs containing 4636 protein-coding genes, 46 tRNA genes, and 2 rRNA operons. The genome possesses genes for light-harvesting complexes, type-II photosynthetic reaction center, and C-P lyase to solubilize organic phosphates, while genes encoding nitrogenase iron protein involved in the nitrogen fixation were not present. Based on the results of phylogenetic, genome-based relatedness, and physiological and genomic analyses, strain PAMC 29798<sup>T</sup> is proposed to represent a novel species of the genus <i>Acidisoma</i>, with the name <i>Acidisoma cladoniae</i>. The type strain is PAMC 29798<sup>T</sup> (= KCTC 82159<sup>T</sup> = JCM 35634<sup>T</sup>).</p></div>","PeriodicalId":50746,"journal":{"name":"Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology","volume":"118 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-09-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142331807","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Chenming Dai, Guangye Zhang, Weitie Lin, Jianfei Luo
{"title":"Thiobacillus sedimenti sp. nov., a chemolithoautotrophic sulphur-oxidizing bacterium isolated from freshwater sediment","authors":"Chenming Dai, Guangye Zhang, Weitie Lin, Jianfei Luo","doi":"10.1007/s10482-024-02026-z","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10482-024-02026-z","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>A sulphur-oxidizing bacterium, designated strain SCUT-2<sup>T</sup>, was isolated from freshwater sediment collected from the Pearl River in Guangzhou, PR China. This strain was an obligate chemolithoautotroph, utilizing reduced sulphur compounds (elemental sulphur, thiosulphate, tetrathionate and sulphite) as the electron donor. Growth of strain SCUT-2<sup>T</sup> was observed at 20–40 ℃ (optimum at 30 °C), pH 5.0–9.0 (optimum at 6.0), and NaCl concentration range of 0–9 g L<sup>−1</sup> (optimum at 1 g L<sup>−1</sup>). The major cellular fatty acids were C<sub>16:0</sub> ω7c and cyclo-C<sub>17:0</sub>. The DNA G + C content of the complete genome sequence was 66.8 mol%. Phylogenetic analysis based on the 16S rRNA gene sequence showed that strain SCUT-2<sup>T</sup> formed a lineage within the genus <i>Thiobacillus</i>, showing gene sequence identity of 98.0% with its closest relative <i>Thiobacillus thioparus</i> THI 115. The genome of strain SCUT-2<sup>T</sup> contains multiple genes encoding sulphur-oxidizing enzymes that catalyse the oxidation of reduced sulphur compounds, partial genes that are necessary for denitrification, and the genes encoding <i>cbb</i><sub><i>3</i></sub>-type cytochrome c oxidase, <i>aa</i><sub><i>3</i></sub>-type cytochrome c oxidase and <i>bd</i>-type quinol oxidase. Facultative anaerobic growth occurs when using nitrate as the electron acceptor and thiosulphate as the electron donor. On the basis of phenotypic, chemotaxonomic, genotypic and phylogenetic analysis, strain SCUT-2<sup>T</sup> (= GDMCC 1.4108<sup>T</sup> = JCM 39443<sup>T</sup>) is deemed to represent a novel <i>Thiobacillus</i> species, for which we propose the name <i>Thiobacillus sedimenti</i> sp. nov.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":50746,"journal":{"name":"Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology","volume":"118 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-09-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142309005","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Paralabilibaculum antarcticum gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic marine bacterium of the family Marinifilaceae isolated from Antarctica sea ice","authors":"Yifan Zhuang, Yunxiao Zhang, Wei Dai, Yantao Liang, Xiaoyu Yang, Yaru Wang, Xiaochong Shi, Xiao-Hua Zhang","doi":"10.1007/s10482-024-02022-3","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10482-024-02022-3","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>A novel bacterial strain, designated DW002<sup>T</sup>, was isolated from the sea ice of Cape Evans, McMurdo Sound, Antarctica. Cells of the strain were Gram-negative, obligate anaerobic, motile, non-flagellated, and short rod-shaped. The strain DW002<sup>T</sup> grew at 4–32 ℃ (optimum at 22–28 ℃) and thrived best at pH 7.0, NaCl concentration of 2.5% (w/v). The predominant isoprenoid quinone of strain DW002<sup>T</sup> was menaquinone-7 (MK-7). The major fatty acids (> 10%) of DW002<sup>T</sup> were iso-C<sub>15:0</sub>, anteiso-C<sub>15:0</sub> and iso-C<sub>17:1</sub><i>ω</i>9<i>c</i>. The predominant polar lipids of strain DW002<sup>T</sup> contained two phosphatidylethanolamines, one unidentified glycolipid, one unidentified aminolipid and four unidentified lipids. The DNA G + C content of the strain DW002<sup>T</sup> was 34.8%. Strain DW002<sup>T</sup> encoded 237 carbohydrate-active enzymes. The strain DW002<sup>T</sup> had genes associated with dissimilatory nitrate reduction and assimilatory sulfate reduction metabolic pathways. Based on distinct physiological, chemotaxonomic, genome analysis and phylogenetic differences compared to other members of the phylogenetically related genera in the family <i>Marinifilaceae</i>, strain DW002<sup>T</sup> is proposed to represent a novel genus within the family. Therefore, the name <i>Paralabilibaculum antarcticum</i> gen. nov., sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is DW002<sup>T</sup> (=KCTC 25274<sup>T</sup>=MCCC 1K06067<sup>T</sup>).</p></div>","PeriodicalId":50746,"journal":{"name":"Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology","volume":"118 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-09-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142300083","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Richard William McLaughlin, YaLu Wang, ShuYa Zhang, HaiXia Xie, XiaoLing Wan, Hui Liu, YuJiang Hao, ChaoQun Wang, JinSong Zheng
{"title":"Proteus faecis: a potentially pathogenic bacterium isolated from the freshwater Yangtze finless porpoise","authors":"Richard William McLaughlin, YaLu Wang, ShuYa Zhang, HaiXia Xie, XiaoLing Wan, Hui Liu, YuJiang Hao, ChaoQun Wang, JinSong Zheng","doi":"10.1007/s10482-024-02023-2","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10482-024-02023-2","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p><i>Proteus faecis</i> is a gram-negative facultative anaerobic rod-shaped bacterium capable of swarming motility. It has been isolated from numerous sources such as humans, animals, and refuse and is considered potentially pathogenic towards humans. In this study, bacteria were isolated from the blowhole of a <i>Yangtze finless porpoise</i> (<i>Neophocaena asiaeorientalis asiaeorientalis</i>; YFP) living in captivity in China. One bacterium, <i>P. faecis</i> porpoise, was isolated and whole genome sequencing done. Biofilm formation, motility and antimicrobial resistance were also investigated. To find putative virulence factors, the genome of <i>P. faecis</i> strain porpoise was compared to the genomic sequences of eight other <i>P. faecis</i> isolates using the Bacterial and Viral Bioinformatics Resource Center (BV-BRC) (https://www.bv-brc.org/). The goal of this study was to initially characterize the pathogenicity of this bacterium isolated from a cetacean species using both pathogenomics and conventional approaches.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":50746,"journal":{"name":"Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology","volume":"118 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-09-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142300084","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Genome-based taxonomy and functional prediction of Sphingomonas fuzhouensis sp. nov. and Massilia phyllosphaerae sp. nov. isolated from Pennisetum sp. with plant growth-promoting potential","authors":"Ling Yao, Guo-Hong Liu, Shu-Yi Zhang, Peng Gao, Christopher Rensing, Qiu-E Yang, Shun-Gui Zhou","doi":"10.1007/s10482-024-02017-0","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10482-024-02017-0","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Two facultatively aerobic strains, designated SGZ-02<sup>T</sup> and SGZ-792<sup>T</sup>, were isolated from plant <i>Pennisetum</i> sp., exhibiting the highest 16S rRNA gene sequence similarities with the type strains of <i>Sphingomonas zeae</i> LMG 28739<sup>T</sup> (98.6%) and <i>Massilia forsythiae</i> NBRC 114511<sup>T</sup> (98.4%), respectively. SGZ-02<sup>T</sup> grew between 5 and 45 °C, pH 5.0–11.0 and tolerated NaCl concentrations of 0–4% (w/v), whereas SGZ-792<sup>T</sup> thrived at 5–40 °C, pH 5.0–11.0 and NaCl tolerance to 0–3.5% (w/v). The major quinone of SGZ-02<sup>T</sup> was ubiquinone-10, with the dominant fatty acids being C<sub>16:0</sub> (13.5%), Summed Feature 3 (6.3%), C<sub>14:0</sub>2-OH (5.3%) and Summed Feature 8 (66.3%). SGZ-792<sup>T</sup> predominantly contained ubiquinone-8, with major fatty acids being C<sub>16:0</sub> (20.3%), Summed Feature 3 (5.0%) and Summed Feature 8 (54.7%). Average nucleotide identity and digital DNA–DNA hybridization values between two strains and their closest references strains were below the bacterial species threshold. Based on genotypic and phenotypic characteristics, strains SGZ-02<sup>T</sup> and SGZ-792<sup>T</sup> are proposed as novel species within the genera <i>Sphingomonas</i> and <i>Massilia</i>, respectively. The suggested names for the new species are <i>Sphingomonas fuzhouensis</i> sp. nov. (SGZ-02<sup>T</sup> = GDMCC 1.4033<sup>T</sup> = JCM 36769<sup>T</sup>) and <i>Massilia phyllosphaerae</i> sp. nov. (SGZ-792<sup>T</sup> = GDMCC 1.4211<sup>T</sup> = JCM 36643<sup>T</sup>), respectively.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":50746,"journal":{"name":"Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology","volume":"118 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-09-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142254697","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}