Affiliation:
1. Department of Biological Sciences and Bioengineering, Inha University, Incheon 22212, Republic of Korea
2. Nakdonggang National Institute of Biological Resources, 137 Donam 2-gil, Sangju 37242, Republic of Korea
Abstract
A Gram-stain-negative, non-motile, non-pigmented, rod-shaped bacterium was isolated from a freshwater sample of Nakdong River in South Korea and designated as strain BK-30T. An analysis of the 16S rRNA gene sequence of strain BK-30T revealed its closest phylogenetic neighbors were members of the genus Macromonas. Specifically, the strain formed a robust clade with Macromonas bipunctata DSM 12705T, sharing 98.4% similarity in their 16S rRNA gene sequences. The average nucleotide identity value between strain BK-30T and M. bipunctata DSM 12705T was 79.8%, and the genome-to-genome distance averaged 21.3%, indicating the representation of a novel genomic species. Strain BK-30T exhibited optimum growth at 30 °C and pH 7.0, in the absence of NaCl. The major respiratory isoprenoid quinone identified was ubiquinone-8 (Q-8). The principal fatty acids detected were C16:1 ω7c and/or C16:1 ω6c (49.6%), C16:0 (27.5%), and C18:1 ω7c and/or C18:1 ω6c (9.2%). The DNA G+C content of the strain was determined to be 67.3 mol%. Based on these data, we propose a novel species within the genus Macromonas, named Macromonas nakdongensis sp. nov., to accommodate the bacterial isolate. Strain BK-30T is designated as the type strain (=KCTC 52161T = JCM 31376T = FBCC-B1). Additionally, we present the isolation and complete genome sequence of a lytic phage infecting strain BK-30T, named BK-30P. This bacteriophage is the first reported to infect Macromonas, leading us to propose the name “Macromonasphage”.
Funder
Korea Environment Industry & Technology Institute
Subject
Virology,Microbiology (medical),Microbiology
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