Phaselicystis flava gen. nov., sp. nov., an arachidonic acid-containing soil myxobacterium, and the description of Phaselicystidaceae fam. nov.

References

1. Bode, H. B., Ring, M. W., Schwär, G., Kroppenstedt, R. M., Kaiser, D. & Müller, R.(2006). 3-Hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A (CoA) synthase is involved in the biosynthesis of isovaleryl-CoA in the myxobacterium Myxococcus xanthus during fruiting body formation. J Bacteriol 188, 6524–6528.[CrossRef] [Google Scholar]
2. Brazill, D. & Gomer, R.(2007). A eukaryotic neighbor: Dictyostelium discoideum. In Myxobacteria: Multicellularity and Differentiation, pp. 439–452. Edited by D. E. Whitworth. Washington, DC: American Society for Microbiology.
3. Felsenstein, J.(2002).phylip (phylogeny inference package) version 3.67. Distributed by the author. Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, USA.
4. Hosoya, S., Arunpairojana, V., Suwannachart, C., Kanjana-Opas, A. & Yokota, A.(2006).Aureispira marina gen. nov., sp nov., a gliding, arachidonic acid-containing bacterium isolated from the southern coastline of Thailand. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 56, 2931–2935.[CrossRef] [Google Scholar]
5. Iizuka, T., Jojima, Y., Fudou, R., Hiraishi, A., Ahn, J.-W. & Yamanaka, S.(2003a).Plesiocystis pacifica gen. nov., sp. nov., a marine myxobacterium that contains dihydrogenated menaquinone, isolated from the Pacific coasts of Japan. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 53, 189–195.[CrossRef] [Google Scholar]
6. Iizuka, T., Jojima, Y., Fudou, R., Tokura, M., Hiraishi, A. & Yamanaka, S.(2003b).Enhygromyxa salina gen. nov., sp. nov., a slightly halophilic myxobacterium isolated from the coastal areas of Japan. Syst Appl Microbiol 26, 189–196.[CrossRef] [Google Scholar]
7. Kopp, M., Irschik, H., Gross, F., Perlova, O., Sandmann, A., Gerth, K. & Müller, R.(2004). Critical variations of conjugational DNA transfer into secondary metabolite multiproducing Sorangium cellulosum strains So ce12 and So ce56: development of a mariner-based transposon mutagenesis system. J Biotechnol 107, 29–40.[CrossRef] [Google Scholar]
8. Lachnik, J., Ackermann, B., Bohrssen, A., Maass, S., Diephaus, C., Punken, A., Stermann, M. & Bange, F.-C.(2002). Rapid-cycle PCR and fluorimetry for detection of mycobacteria. J Clin Microbiol 40, 3364–3373.[CrossRef] [Google Scholar]
9. Lampky, J. R.(1976). Ultrastructure of Polyangium cellulosum. J Bacteriol 126, 1278–1284. [Google Scholar]
10. Lampky, J. R. & Brockman, E. R.(1977). Fluorescence of Myxococcus stipitatus. Int J Syst Bacteriol 27, 161[CrossRef] [Google Scholar]
11. Li, G., Shimelis, O., Zhou, X. & Giese, R. W.(2003). Scaled-down nuclease P1 for scaled-up DNA digestion. Biotechniques 34, 908–909. [Google Scholar]
12. McCurdy, H. D.(1969). Studies on taxonomy of the Myxobacterales. I. Record of Canadian isolates and survey of methods. Can J Microbiol 15, 1453–1461.[CrossRef] [Google Scholar]
13. Müller, R. & Gerth, K.(2006). Development of simple media which allow investigations into the global regulation of chivosazol biosynthesis with Sorangium cellulosum So ce56. J Biotechnol 121, 192–200.[CrossRef] [Google Scholar]
14. Nichols, D. S., Brown, J. L., Nichols, P. D. & McMeekin, T. A.(1997). Production of eicosapentaenoic and arachidonic acids by an Antarctic bacterium: response to growth temperature. FEMS Microbiol Lett 152, 349–354.[CrossRef] [Google Scholar]
15. Reichenbach, H.(2005). Order VIII. Myxococcales Tchan, Pochon and Prévot 1948, 398^AL. In Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 2, part C, pp. 1059–1072. Edited by D. J. Brenner, N. R. Krieg, J. T. Staley & G. M. Garrity. New York: Springer.
16. Reichenbach, H.(2006). The genus Lysobacter. In The Prokaryotes: a Handbook on the Biology of Bacteria, 3rd edn, vol. 6, pp. 939–957. Edited by M. Dworkin, S. Falkow, E. Rosenberg, K. H. Schleifer & E. Stackebrandt. New York: Springer.
17. Reichenbach, H. & Dworkin, M.(1992). The myxobacteria. In The Prokaryotes, 2nd edn, pp. 3416–3487. Edited by A. Balows, H. G. Trüper, M. Dworkin, W. Harder & K. H. Schleifer. New York: Springer.
18. Reichenbach, H., Lang, E., Schumann, P. & Spröer, C.(2006).Byssovorax cruenta gen. nov., sp nov., nom. rev., a cellulose-degrading myxobacterium: rediscovery of ‘Myxococcus cruentus’ Thaxter 1897. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 56, 2357–2363.[CrossRef] [Google Scholar]
19. Ring, M. W., Schwär, G., Thiel, V., Dickschat, J. S., Kroppenstedt, R. M., Schulz, S. & Bode, H. B.(2006). Novel iso-branched ether lipids as specific markers of developmental sporulation in the myxobacterium Myxococcus xanthus. J Biol Chem 281, 36691–36700.[CrossRef] [Google Scholar]
20. Shimelis, O. & Giese, R.(2006). Nuclease P1 digestion/high-performance liquid chromatography, a practical method for DNA quantitation. J Chromatogr A 1117, 132–136.[CrossRef] [Google Scholar]
21. Shimkets, L. J., Dworkin, M. & Reichenbach, H.(2006). The myxobacteria. In The Prokaryotes: a Handbook on the Biology of Bacteria, 3rd edn, vol. 7, pp. 31–115. Edited by M. Dworkin, S. Falkow, E. Rosenberg, K. H. Schleifer & E. Stackebrandt. New York: Springer.
22. Spröer, C., Reichenbach, H. & Stackebrandt, E.(1999). The correlation between morphological and phylogenetic classification of myxobacteria. Int J Syst Bacteriol 49, 1255–1262.[CrossRef] [Google Scholar]
23. Thompson, J. D., Plewniak, T. J., Jeanmougin, F. & Higgins, D. G.(1997). The clustal_x windows interface: flexible strategies for multiple sequence alignment aided by quality analysis tools. Nucleic Acids Res 25, 4876–4882.[CrossRef] [Google Scholar]
24. Voelz, H., Voelz, U. & Ortigoza, R. O.(1966). The “polyphosphate overplus” phenomenon in Myxococcus xanthus and its influence on the architecture of the cell. Arch Mikrobiol 53, 371–388.[CrossRef] [Google Scholar]
25. Wynn, J. P., Hamid, A. A. & Ratledge, C.(1999). The role of malic enzyme in the regulation of lipid accumulation in filamentous fungi. Microbiology 145, 1911–1917.[CrossRef] [Google Scholar]