TY - JOUR
T1 - Thialkalivibrio halophilus sp. nov., a novel obligately chemolithoautotrophic, facultatively alkaliphilic, and extremely salt-tolerant, sulfur-oxidizing bacterium from a hypersaline alkaline lake
AU - Banciu, Horia L.
AU - Sorokin, Dimitry Y.
AU - Galinski, Erwin A.
AU - Muyzer, Gerard
AU - Kleerebezem, Robbert
AU - Kuenen, J. Gijs
PY - 2004/8
Y1 - 2004/8
N2 - A new chemolithoautotrophic, facultatively alkaliphilic, extremely salt-tolerant, sulfur-oxidizing bacterium was isolated from an alkaline hypersaline lake in the Altai Steppe (Siberia, Russia). According to 16S rDNA analysis and DNA-DNA hybridization, strain HL 17T was identified as a new species of the genus Thialkalivibrio belonging to the γ subdivision of the Proteobacteria for which the name Thialkalivibrio halophilus is proposed. Strain HL 17T is an extremely salt-tolerant bacterium growing at sodium concentrations between 0.2 and 5 M, with an optimum of 2 M Na +. It grew at high concentrations of NaCl and of Na 2CO3/NaHCO3 (soda). Strain HL 17T is a facultative alkaliphile growing at pH range 7.5-9.8, with a broad optimum between pH 8.0 and 9.0. It used reduced inorganic sulfur compounds (thiosulfate, sulfide, polysulfide, elemental sulfur, and tetrathionate) as energy sources and electron donors. In continuous culture under energy limitation, thiosulfate was stoichiometrically oxidized to sulfate. In sodium carbonate medium under alkaline conditions, the maximum growth rate was similar, while the biomass yield was lower as compared with the NaCl-grown culture. The maximum sulfur-oxidizing capacity measured in washed cells was higher in the soda buffer independent of the growth conditions. The compatible solute content of the biomass was higher in the sodium chloride-grown culture than in the sodium carbonate/bicarbonate-grown culture. The data suggest that the osmotic pressure differences between soda and NaCl solutions might be responsible for the difference observed in compatible solutes production. This may have important implications in overall energetic metabolism of high salt adaptation.
AB - A new chemolithoautotrophic, facultatively alkaliphilic, extremely salt-tolerant, sulfur-oxidizing bacterium was isolated from an alkaline hypersaline lake in the Altai Steppe (Siberia, Russia). According to 16S rDNA analysis and DNA-DNA hybridization, strain HL 17T was identified as a new species of the genus Thialkalivibrio belonging to the γ subdivision of the Proteobacteria for which the name Thialkalivibrio halophilus is proposed. Strain HL 17T is an extremely salt-tolerant bacterium growing at sodium concentrations between 0.2 and 5 M, with an optimum of 2 M Na +. It grew at high concentrations of NaCl and of Na 2CO3/NaHCO3 (soda). Strain HL 17T is a facultative alkaliphile growing at pH range 7.5-9.8, with a broad optimum between pH 8.0 and 9.0. It used reduced inorganic sulfur compounds (thiosulfate, sulfide, polysulfide, elemental sulfur, and tetrathionate) as energy sources and electron donors. In continuous culture under energy limitation, thiosulfate was stoichiometrically oxidized to sulfate. In sodium carbonate medium under alkaline conditions, the maximum growth rate was similar, while the biomass yield was lower as compared with the NaCl-grown culture. The maximum sulfur-oxidizing capacity measured in washed cells was higher in the soda buffer independent of the growth conditions. The compatible solute content of the biomass was higher in the sodium chloride-grown culture than in the sodium carbonate/bicarbonate-grown culture. The data suggest that the osmotic pressure differences between soda and NaCl solutions might be responsible for the difference observed in compatible solutes production. This may have important implications in overall energetic metabolism of high salt adaptation.
KW - Compatible solutes
KW - Facultative alkaliphilic
KW - Halophilic
KW - Osmotic pressure
KW - Soda
KW - Sulfur oxidizing
KW - Thialkalivibrio halophilus
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=13544258669&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s00792-004-0391-6
DO - 10.1007/s00792-004-0391-6
M3 - Article
C2 - 15309564
SN - 1431-0651
VL - 8
SP - 325
EP - 334
JO - Extremophiles: life under extreme conditions
JF - Extremophiles: life under extreme conditions
IS - 4
ER -