In:
International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, Microbiology Society, Vol. 64, No. Pt_1 ( 2014-01-01), p. 180-186
Abstract:
A psychrotolerant hydrogenotrophic methanogen, strain Pt1, was isolated from a syntrophic propionate-oxidizing methanogenic consortium obtained from granulated biomass of a two-stage low-temperature (3–8 °C) anaerobic expanded granular sludge bed (EGSB) bioreactor, fed with a mixture of volatile fatty acids (VFAs) (acetate, propionate and butyrate). The strain was strictly anaerobic, and cells were curved rods, 0.4–0.5×7.5–25 µm, that sometimes formed wavy filaments from 25 to several hundred micrometres in length. Cells stained Gram-negative and were non-sporulating. They were gently motile by means of tufted flagella. The strain grew at 5–37 °C (optimum at 20–30 °C), at pH 6.0–10 (optimum 7.0–7.5) and with 0–0.3 M NaCl (optimum 0 M NaCl). Growth and methane production was found with H 2 /CO 2 and very weak growth with formate. Acetate and yeast extract stimulated growth, but were not essential. The G+C content of the DNA of strain Pt1 was 40 mol%. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences revealed that strain Pt1 was a member of the genus Methanospirillum and showed 97.5 % sequence similarity to Methanospirillum hungatei JF1 T and 94 % sequence similarity to Methanospirillum lacunae Ki8-1 T . DNA–DNA hybridization of strain Pt1 with Methanospirillum hungatei JF1 T revealed 39 % relatedness. On the basis of its phenotypic characteristics and phylogenetic position, strain Pt1 is a representative of a novel species of the genus Methanospirillum , for which the name Methanospirillum stamsii sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is Pt1 T ( = DSM 26304 T = VKM B-2808 T ).
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
1466-5026
,
1466-5034
DOI:
10.1099/ijs.0.056218-0
Language:
English
Publisher:
Microbiology Society
Publication Date:
2014
detail.hit.zdb_id:
215062-1
detail.hit.zdb_id:
2056611-6
SSG:
12
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