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f Methylomusa anaerophila gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic methanol-utilizing bacterium isolated from a microbial fuel cell
- Authors: Nanako Amano1 , Ayaka Yamamuro1 , Morio Miyahara1 , Atsushi Kouzuma1 , Takashi Abe2 , Kazuya Watanabe1
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1 1School of Life Sciences, Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences, 1432-1 Horinouchi, Hachioji, Tokyo 192-0392, Japan 2 2Graduate School of Science and Technology, Niigata University, Niigata, Niigata 950-2181, Japan
- *Correspondence: Kazuya Watanabe [email protected]
- First Published Online: 15 February 2018, International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 68: 1118-1122, doi: 10.1099/ijsem.0.002635
- Subject: New Taxa - Firmicutes and Related Organisms
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Abacterial strain, designated MMFC1T, was isolated from a methanol-fed microbial fuel cell that had been inoculated with sludge obtained from a wastewater-treatmentfacility in a chemical plant. The strain grows by fermenting methanol to produce acetate under anaerobic conditions, while homoacetogenic growth is not observed. MMFC1T also grows on pyruvate and lactate but not on sugars and other organic acids. Cells are curved rods and motile, have peritrichous flagella, and form endospores. The genome sequence of strain MMFC1T supports the physiological data. Phylogenetic analysis based on the 16S rRNA gene sequence shows that strain MMFC1T is affiliated with the family Sporomusaceae , while the closest relative is S poromusa ovata with nucleotide-sequencesimilarity of 93.5 %. Major fatty acids are iso-C13 : 0 3-OH, C16 : 1 ω9 and iso-C17 : 0. On the basis of its physiological, genomic and phylogenetic features, a novel genus and species are proposed to accommodate strain MMFC1T, with the name Methylomusa anaerophila gen. nov., sp. nov. The type strain of Methylomusa anaerophila is MMFC1T (=JCM 31821T = KCTC 15592T).
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The GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession numbers for the 16S rRNA gene sequence and the genome of strain MMFC1T are LC203074 and AP018449, respectively.
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Two supplementary tables and two supplementary figures are available with the online version of this article.
- Keyword(s): Sporomusaceae, new taxa, Anaerophila sp. nov, Methylomusa gen. nov.
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