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SYSTEMATIC AND APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY
卷 29, 期 5, 页码 382-388出版社
ELSEVIER GMBH, URBAN & FISCHER VERLAG
DOI: 10.1016/j.syapm.2005.12.011
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sediment; selenate; anaerobic respiration; aromatic acids degradation
The respiration of selenate, as a terminal electron acceptor has been known for over a decade, but the microorganisms involved in this respiration are largely unknown. Here we characterize a novel selenate-respiring bacterium, strain AK40H1, isolated from an estuarine sediment enrichment culture. Strain AK40H1 has the unique capability to oxidize aromatic acids, such as benzoate, 4-hydroxybenzoate and 3-hydroxybenzoate, coupled to selenate respiration. This novel respiratory coupling has not been described before. Reduction of selenate is followed by stoichiometric accumulation of selenite. The strain grows in agar shake tubes forming bright red colonies due to precipitation of elemental selenium. Strain AK40H1 is a strictly anaerobic bacterium, which can also respire nitrate and nitrite via denitrification. Analysis of the 16S rRNA gene sequence shows that this strain clusters with another selenate-reducing bacterium and a (per) chlorate reducing bacterium, within the Gammaproteobacteria, along with symbionts of bivalves and tubeworms. Based on its unique physiological capabilities and its 16S rRNA gene sequence phylogeny, we classify this strain AK40H1 as a new genus and species with the proposed name Sedimenticola selenatireducens. (c) 2006 Elsevier GmbH. All rights reserved.
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