RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Urios, Laurent A1 Cueff-Gauchard, Valérie A1 Pignet, Patricia A1 Postec, Anne A1 Fardeau, Marie-Laure A1 Ollivier, Bernard A1 Barbier, GeorgesYR 2004 T1 Thermosipho atlanticus sp. nov., a novel member of the Thermotogales isolated from a Mid-Atlantic Ridge hydrothermal vent JF International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, VO 54 IS 6 SP 1953 OP 1957 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.63069-0 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1466-5034, AB A novel anaerobic, thermophilic and heterotrophic bacterium, designated strain DV1140T, was isolated from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent sample from the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. The cells were non-motile straight rods, 1·8 μm long and 0·4 μm wide, surrounded by an outer sheath-like structure (toga). They grew at 45–80 °C (optimum 65 °C), pH 5·0–9·0 (optimum pH 6·0) and at sea salt concentrations of 20–60 g l−1 (optimum 30 g l−1). Strain DV1140T was able to ferment yeast extract, peptone, brain heart infusion, gelatin, starch, galactose, arabinose, glucose, trehalose and cellobiose. The fermentation products identified on glucose in the presence of yeast extract and peptone were acetate, isovalerate and hydrogen. The G+C content of the genomic DNA was 33 mol%. Phylogenetic analysis of the 16S rRNA gene sequence (GenBank accession number AJ577471) located the strain within the genus Thermosipho in the bacterial domain. On the basis of 16S rRNA gene sequence comparisons, and physiological and biochemical characteristics, the isolate represents a novel species, for which the name Thermosipho atlanticus sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is DV1140T (=CIP 108053T=DSM 15807T)., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.63069-0