Phycobacter azelaicus gen. nov. sp. nov., a diatom symbiont isolated from the phycosphere of Asterionellopsis glacialis

Lisa S.Y. Coe, Cong Fei, James Weston, Shady A. Amin

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Abstract

A diatom-associated bacterium, designated as strain F10T, was isolated from a pure culture of the pennate diatom Asterionellopsis glacialis A3 and has since been used to characterize molecular mechanisms of symbiosis between phytoplankton and bacteria, including interactions using diatom-derived azelaic acid. Its origin from a hypersaline environment, combined with its capacity for quorum sensing, biofilm formation, and potential for dimethylsulfoniopropionate methylation/cleavage, suggest it is within the family Roseobacteraceae. Initial phylogenetic analysis of the 16S rRNA gene sequence placed this isolate within the Phaeobacter genus, but recent genomic and phylogenomic analyses show strain F10T is a separate lineage diverging from the genus Pseudophaeobacter. The genomic DNA G+C content is 60.0 mol%. The predominant respiratory quinone is Q-10. The major fatty acids are C18: 1 ω7c and C16: 0. Strain F10T also contains C10: 0 3-OH and the furan-containing fatty acid 10,13-epoxy-1 1-methyl-octadecadienoate (9-(3-methyl-5-pentylfuran-2-yl)nonanoic acid). The major polar lipids are diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylethanolamine and phosphatidylglycerol. Based on genomic, phylogenomic, phenotypic and chemotaxonomic characterizations, strain F10T represents a novel genus and species with the proposed name, Phycobacter azelaicus gen. nov. sp. nov. The type strain is F10T (=NCMA B37T=NCIMB 15470T=NRIC 2002T).

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number006104
JournalInternational Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology
Volume73
Issue number10
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 1 2023

Keywords

  • Roseobacter
  • diatom–bacteria symbiosis
  • phycosphere

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Microbiology
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

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