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Desulfomonile tiedjei gen. nov. and sp. nov., a novel anaerobic, dehalogenating, sulfate-reducing bacterium

Desulfomonile tiedjei gen. nov. and sp. nov., a novel anaerobic, dehalogenating, sulfate-reducing... 203 154 154 1 1 Kim A. DeWeerd Linda Mandelco Ralph S. Tanner Carl R. Woese Joseph M. Suflita Department of Botany and Microbiology University of Oklahoma 73019 Norman OK USA Department of Microbiology University of Illinois 61801 Urbana IL USA Abstract An anaerobic, dehalogenating, sulfate-reducing bacterium, strain DCB-1, is described and nutritionally characterized. The bacterium is a Gram-negative, nonmotile, non-sporeforming large rod with an unusual morphological feature which resembles a collar. The microorganism reductively dehalogenates meta substituted halobenzoates and also reduces sulfate, sulfite and thiosulfate as electron acceptors. The bacterium requires nicotinamide, 1,4-naphthoquinone and thiamine for optimal growth in a defined medium. The microorganism can grow autotrophically on H 2 :CO 2 with sulfate or thiosulfate as terminal electron acceptors. It can also grow heterotrophically with pyruvate, several methoxybenzoates, formate plus sulfate or benzoate plus sulfate. It ferments pyruvate to acetate and lactate in the absence of other electron acceptors. The bacterium is inhibited by MoO inf4 sup2- or SeO inf4 sup2- as well as tetracycline, chloramphenicol, kanamycin or streptomycin. Cytochrome c 3 and desulfoviridin have been purified from cells grown in defined medium. 16S rRNA sequence analysis indicates the organism is a new genus of sulfate-reducing bacteria in the delta subdivision of the class Proteobacteria . We propose that the strain be named Desulfomonile tiedjei . http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Archives of Microbiology Springer Journals

Desulfomonile tiedjei gen. nov. and sp. nov., a novel anaerobic, dehalogenating, sulfate-reducing bacterium

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Publisher
Springer Journals
Copyright
Copyright © 1990 by Springer-Verlag
Subject
Life Sciences; Biotechnology; Biochemistry, general; Cell Biology; Ecology; Microbial Ecology; Microbiology
ISSN
0302-8933
eISSN
1432-072X
DOI
10.1007/BF00249173
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203 154 154 1 1 Kim A. DeWeerd Linda Mandelco Ralph S. Tanner Carl R. Woese Joseph M. Suflita Department of Botany and Microbiology University of Oklahoma 73019 Norman OK USA Department of Microbiology University of Illinois 61801 Urbana IL USA Abstract An anaerobic, dehalogenating, sulfate-reducing bacterium, strain DCB-1, is described and nutritionally characterized. The bacterium is a Gram-negative, nonmotile, non-sporeforming large rod with an unusual morphological feature which resembles a collar. The microorganism reductively dehalogenates meta substituted halobenzoates and also reduces sulfate, sulfite and thiosulfate as electron acceptors. The bacterium requires nicotinamide, 1,4-naphthoquinone and thiamine for optimal growth in a defined medium. The microorganism can grow autotrophically on H 2 :CO 2 with sulfate or thiosulfate as terminal electron acceptors. It can also grow heterotrophically with pyruvate, several methoxybenzoates, formate plus sulfate or benzoate plus sulfate. It ferments pyruvate to acetate and lactate in the absence of other electron acceptors. The bacterium is inhibited by MoO inf4 sup2- or SeO inf4 sup2- as well as tetracycline, chloramphenicol, kanamycin or streptomycin. Cytochrome c 3 and desulfoviridin have been purified from cells grown in defined medium. 16S rRNA sequence analysis indicates the organism is a new genus of sulfate-reducing bacteria in the delta subdivision of the class Proteobacteria . We propose that the strain be named Desulfomonile tiedjei .

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Archives of MicrobiologySpringer Journals

Published: Jun 1, 1990

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