TY - JOUR
T1 - Phycobacter azelaicus gen. nov. sp. nov., a diatom symbiont isolated from the phycosphere of Asterionellopsis glacialis
AU - Coe, Lisa S.Y.
AU - Fei, Cong
AU - Weston, James
AU - Amin, Shady A.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 The Authors.
PY - 2023/10/1
Y1 - 2023/10/1
N2 - 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).
AB - 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).
KW - Roseobacter
KW - diatom–bacteria symbiosis
KW - phycosphere
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U2 - 10.1099/ijsem.0.006104
DO - 10.1099/ijsem.0.006104
M3 - Article
C2 - 37889154
AN - SCOPUS:85175206513
SN - 1466-5026
VL - 73
JO - International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology
JF - International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology
IS - 10
M1 - 006104
ER -