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Title: Taxonomic characterization of denitrifying bacteria that degrade aromatic compounds and description of Azoarcus toluvorans sp. nov. and Azoarcus toluclasticus sp. nov.

Authors: Song, B; Haggblom, M M; Zhou, J; Tiedje, J M; Palleroni, N J

Published In Int J Syst Bacteriol, (1999 Jul)

Abstract: A taxonomic characterization of twenty-one strains capable of degrading aromatic compounds under denitrifying conditions, isolated from ten different geographical locations, was performed on the basis of general morphological and physiological characteristics, cellular fatty acids, DNA base composition, small ribosomal (16S) subunit DNA sequences, whole-cell protein patterns and genomic DNA fragmentation analysis, in addition to DNA similarity estimations using hybridization methods. The collection of strains was subdivided into a number of different groups. A first group, consisting of four strains, could be assigned to the previously described species Azoarcus tolulyticus. A second group (five strains) had DNA which reannealed highly to that of strains of the first group, and it is considered to represent a genomovar of A. tolulyticus. The third and fourth groups, composed of a total of five strains, represent a new species of Azoarcus, Azoarcus toluclasticus (group 3) and a genomovar of this species (group 4), respectively. Finally, the fifth group, with two strains, corresponds to another new species of the genus Azoarcus, Azoarcus toluvorans. In addition to these five groups, the collection includes five individual strains perhaps representing as many different new species. The above classification is partially consistent with the results of approaches other than DNA-DNA hybridization (electrophoretic patterns of whole-cell proteins and of the fragments obtained after digestion of total DNA with infrequently cutting restriction enzymes). On the other hand, no correlation of these groupings was found in terms of the cellular fatty acid composition. It is also unfortunate that no simple sets of easily determinable phenotypic properties could be defined as being characteristic of each of the groups.

PubMed ID: 10425771 Exiting the NIEHS site

MeSH Terms: Aerobiosis; Bacterial Typing Techniques; Base Composition; Biodegradation; DNA, Bacterial/chemistry; DNA, Bacterial/genetics; Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field; Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; Fatty Acids/analysis; Genes, rRNA; Gram-Negative Bacteria/classification*; Gram-Negative Bacteria/cytology; Gram-Negative Bacteria/genetics; Gram-Negative Bacteria/metabolism*; Hydrocarbons, Aromatic/metabolism*; Nitrates/metabolism*; Nucleic Acid Hybridization; Phenol/metabolism; Phylogeny; RNA, Ribosomal, 16S/genetics; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.; Sequence Analysis, DNA; Soil Microbiology; Toluene/metabolism; Water Microbiology

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