Frigoriglobus tundricola gen. nov., sp. nov., a psychrotolerant cellulolytic planctomycete of the family Gemmataceae from a littoral tundra wetland

Irina S. Kulichevskaya, Anastasia A. Ivanova, Daniil G. Naumoff, Alexey Beletsky, W. Irene C. Rijpstra, Jaap S. Sinninghe Damste, Andrey Mardanov, Nikolai Ravin, Svetlana N. Dedysh

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Abstract

Planctomycetes of the family Gemmataceae are characterized by large genome sizes and cosmopolitan distribution in freshwater and terrestrial environments but their ecological functions remain poorly understood. In this study, we characterized a novel representative of this family, strain PL17(T), which was isolated from a littoral tundra wetland and was capable of growth on xylan and cellulose. Cells of this isolate were represented by pink-pigmented spheres that multiplied by budding and occurred singly or in short chains and aggregates. Strain PL17(T) was obligately aerobic, mildly acidophilic chemoorganotrophic bacterium, which displayed good tolerance of low temperatures. The major fatty acids were C-18:0, C-16:1 omega 5, and beta OH-C-16:1; the major polar lipid was trimethylornithine. The genome of strain PL17(T) consisted of a 9.83 Mb chromosome and a 24.69 kb plasmid. The G + C contents of the chromosomal and plasmid DNA were 67.4 and 62.3 mol%, respectively. Over 8900 potential protein-coding genes were identified in the genome including a putative cellulase that contains a domain from the GH5 family of glycoside hydrolases. The genome of strain PL17(T) contained one linked and one unlinked rRNA operons with 16S rRNA gene sequences displaying 94.5% similarity to that in Gemmata obscuriglobus UQM2246(T). Based on the results of comparative phenotypic, chemotaxonomic and phylogenomic analyses, we propose to classify strain PL17(T) (= CECT 9407(T) =VKM B-3467(T)) as representing a novel genus and species of the family Gemmataceae, Frigoriglobus tundricola gen. nov., sp. nov. (C) 2020 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier GmbH.
Original languageEnglish
Article number126129
Number of pages10
JournalSystematic and Applied Microbiology
Volume43
Issue number5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 5 Sept 2020

Keywords

  • Cellulose utilization
  • Frigoriglobus tundricola gen. nov., sp. nov.
  • Large genome
  • Planctomycetes
  • Psychrotolerance
  • Unlinked rRNA operon

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