Desulfovibrio mangrovi sp. nov., a sulfate-reducing bacterium isolated from mangrove sediments: a member of the proposed genus Psychrodesulfovibrio

Psychrodesulfovibrio, a proposed genus within the family Desulfovibrionaceae, is a group of sulfate-reducing bacteria with biogeochemical significance but restricted child taxa availability. In this study, a strictly anaerobic bacterium, designed strain FT415(T), was isolated from mangrove sediments in Futian Mangrove Nature Reserve in Shenzhen, China. The strain was Gram-stain-negative, motile, and vibrio-shaped with a single polar flagellum, which grew at the temperature range of 15-42 degrees C (optimum 37 degrees C), pH range of 6.0-7.5 (optimum 6.8), and in the presence of 0-36 g l(-1) NaCl (optimum 6 g l(-1) NaCl). In the presence of sulfate, electron donors including lactate, ethanol, pyruvate, malate, fumarate, succinate, cysteine, and glycerol were incompletely oxidized to acetate, and H-2 and formate were used as electron donors with acetate as the carbon source by strain FT415(T). Sulfate, thiosulfate, sulfide, and anthraquinone-2,6-disulfonate were reduced in the presence of lactate. Fe(III) oxide was reduced without cell growth. Fermentative growth was observed with pyruvate and cysteine. Vitamins were not required for growth. The major cellular fatty acids (> 10%) were C-16:0, summed feature 10 (C(18:1)c11/t9/t6 and/or unknown ECL 17.834), C(16:1)cis 9, and C-18:0. The major polar lipids were phosphatidylethanolamine, phospholipids, and aminolipids. The predominant menaquinone was MK-6(H-2). The genomic DNA G+C content was 56.7%. Phylogenetic analysis showed that strain FT415(T) shared a 98.1% similarity in 16S rRNA gene sequence, an average nucleotide identity value of 84.0%, an average amino-acid identity value of 85.4%, and a digital DNA-DNA hybridization value of 25.7% with its closest relative Desulfovibrio subterraneus HN2(T), which has been proposed to be transferred to the genus Psychrodesulfovibrio. Based on phenotypic, phylogenetic, and genotypic evidence, a new species of the family Desulfovibrionaceae, Desulfovibrio mangrovi sp. nov. was proposed with the type strain FT415(T) (=GDMCC 1.3410(T)=KCTC 25525(T)).

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A new strain of Psychrodesulfovibrio, named Desulfovibrio mangrovi sp. nov., was isolated from mangrove sediments in Futian Mangrove Nature Reserve in Shenzhen, China. The strain is a sulfate-reducing bacterium with biogeochemical significance, and it can utilize a variety of electron donors and reduce different compounds. Phylogenetic analysis revealed its close relationship with Desulfovibrio subterraneus HN2(T), suggesting a transfer to the genus Psychrodesulfovibrio.