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SYSTEMATIC AND APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY
Volume 35, Issue 6, Pages 396-403Publisher
ELSEVIER GMBH
DOI: 10.1016/j.syapm.2012.05.006
Keywords
Filamentous sulfide-oxidizing bacteria; Beggiatoa; 16S rDNA; PCR-DGGE
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- Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)
- Application of Microorganisms in Agriculture and Allied Sectors (AMAAS)
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Beggiatoa species are filamentous sulfide-oxidizing bacteria belonging to the family Beggiatoaceae that contains several largest bacteria known today. These large sulfur bacteria occur in diverse ecosystems and play an important role in the global sulfur, nitrogen and phosphorus cycle. In this study, sediment samples from brackishwater shrimp culture ponds and other brackishwater ecosystems from Tamil Nadu, southeast coast of India, were enriched for Beggiatoa species. Extracted hay medium supplemented with catalase was used and were incubated for two weeks at 28 degrees C. Out of seven set-ups, four yielded positive growth of filamentous sulfide-oxidizing bacteria. The filaments were several millimeters long, ranged in width between 2 and 15 mu m and exhibited typical gliding motility. The 16S rRNA gene of four single filaments representing the four positive enrichments was subjected to PCR-DGGE followed by sequencing. All four filaments were affiliated to the Beggiatoaceae, but showed less than 89% identity with the Beggiatoa type strain Beggiatoa alba and less than 93% identity with any other sequence of the family. One of the four filaments revealed a nearly full-length 16S rDNA sequence (1411 bp) and it formed a monophyletic cluster with two of the partial DGGE-16S rRNA gene sequences (99-100% identity) within the Beggiatoa species cluster. These organisms could possibly represent a novel genus within the family Beggiatoaceae. The fourth partial sequence affiliated with less than 93% sequence identity to the genera Parabeggiatoa, Thioploca and Thiopilula, and was likewise strongly delineated from any sequence published in the family. (c) 2012 Elsevier GmbH. All rights reserved.
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