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f gen. nov., sp. nov., a reductively dehalogenating bacterium isolated from chlorinated solvent-contaminated groundwater

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  • Authors: William M. Moe1 ,  Jun Yan1 ,  M. Fernanda Nobre2 ,  Milton S. da Costa3 , Fred A. Rainey4
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    • 1 1Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA 2 2Departamento de Zoologia and Centro de Neurociências, Universidade de Coimbra, 3004-517 Coimbra, Portugal 3 3Departamento de Bioquímica and Centro de Neurociências, Universidade de Coimbra, 3001-401 Coimbra, Portugal 4 4Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA
  • William M. Moe
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  • First Published Online: 01 November 2009, International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 59: 2692-2697, doi: 10.1099/ijs.0.011502-0
  • Subject: New Taxa - Other Bacteria
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  • Two recently reported bacterial strains that are able to reductively dehalogenate polychlorinated aliphatic alkanes, including 1,2,3-trichloropropane, 1,2-dichloropropane, 1,1,2,2-tetrachloroethane, 1,1,2-trichloroethane and 1,2-dichloroethane, were further characterized to clarify their taxonomic position. The two strains, designated BL-DC-8 and BL-DC-9, were mesophilic, non-spore-forming, non-motile, Gram-negative staining and strictly anaerobic. Cells were irregular cocci, 0.3–0.6 μm in diameter. The two strains were resistant to ampicillin and vancomycin. Hydrogen was utilized as an electron donor. The genomic DNA G+C content of strains BL-DC-8 and BL-DC-9 was 54.0 and 53.8 mol%, respectively. The major cellular fatty acids were C 9, C 9, C and C. Phylogenetic analyses based on 16S rRNA gene sequences indicated that the strains cluster within the phylum , but are related only distantly to all recognized taxa in the phylum. Morphological, physiological and chemotaxonomic traits as well as phylogenetic analysis support the conclusion that these two strains represent a novel species of a new genus in the phylum , for which the name gen. nov., sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain of is BL-DC-9 (=ATCC BAA-1523 =JCM 15061).

  • The GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession numbers for the 16S rRNA gene sequences of strains BL-DC-9 and BL-DC-8 are EU679419 and EU679418, respectively.

  • Scanning electron and transmission electron micrographs of cells of strains BL-DC-9 and BL-DC-8 and phenotypic characteristics of type species of genera in the phylum are available with the online version of this paper.

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