Capacity of chromatiaceae for chemotrophic growth. Specific respiration rates of Thiocystis violacea and Chromatium vinosum

Kämpf, Charlotte; Pfennig, Norbert

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“…It can use pyruvate, butyrate and valerate as does Thiopedia rosea (Pfennig, 1973 ;Eichler & Pfennig, 1991), but unlike this species also grows well with propionate and lactate as substrates. In contrast to Thiopedia rosea, which does not grow under microoxic conditions in the dark (Ka$ mpf & Pfennig, 1980 ;Eichler & Pfennig, 1991), strain BM5 T can grow chemoautotrophically with sulfide or thiosulfate as electron donor. Thiopedia rosea contains okenone as the main carotenoid, not spirilloxanthin as does strain BM5 T .…”

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Thiocapsa litoralis sp. nov., a new purple sulfur bacterium from microbial mats from the White Sea.

Puchkova¹,

Imhoff²,

Горленко³

2000

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

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A new phototrophic purple sulfur bacterium, isolated from benthic microbial mats from the White Sea littoral zone, is described. Individual cells were spherical, non-motile and lacked gas vesicles. In pure cultures cells appeared in regular platelet-like arrangements of four, eight or sixteen cells. Cell division occurred inside a common envelope, surrounded by a thick capsule. Internal photosynthetic membranes were of the vesicular type. The colour of cell suspensions was pink to rose-red. Bacteriochlorophyll a and carotenoids of the spirilloxanthin series were found as photosynthetic pigments. Under anoxic conditions in the light, photolithoautotrophic growth occurred with sulfide, thiosulfate, sulfite and elemental sulfur as electron donors. Sulfur globules were stored as an intermediary oxidation product and were visible microscopically inside the cells. In the presence of sulfide and bicarbonate, photomixotrophic growth occurred with a number of organic substrates. Sulfate could serve as sole assimilatory source of sulfur. Chemolithoautotrophic growth in the dark was possible with sulfide and thiosulfate as electron donors. Optimum growth occurred in the presence of 1 % NaCl, at pH 65 and at 30 SC. The DNA base composition of the type strain, BM5 T , was 640 mol % GMC. According to 16S rDNA sequence information and DNA-DNA hybridization, the new isolate clearly belongs to the genus Thiocapsa, but is sufficiently different from other recognized Thiocapsa species to be described as a new species of this genus for which the name Thiocapsa litoralis sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is BM5 T (l ATCC 700894).

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Thiocapsa litoralis sp. nov., a new purple sulfur bacterium from microbial mats from the White Sea.

Puchkova¹,

Imhoff²,

Горленко³

2000

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

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“…1. Changes of the bacterial number, relative abundance of sulfur-containing cell and H2S concentration in the medium of KAMPF and PFENNIG (1980). Before 2 day after inoculation bacterial number was below the level of 10~ cells•ml-'.…”

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“…The medium of KAMPF and PFENNIG (1980) was used for selective enrichment and pure culture of the small phototrophic bacterium. It has the following ingredients per 1, 000 ml of distilled water: KH2P04 0.35g; NH4C1, 0.35 g, KC1, 0.35 g; MgSO4 7H20, 0.5 g; CaCl2 2H20, 0.25 g; Na2S 9H20, 0.48 g; NaHCO3, 1.51 g; trace element solution SL8 (BIEBL and PFENNIG, 1978), 1 ml.…”

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“…More detailed examination seems necessary for specific identification of the bacterium because of some taxonomic difficulty in discriminating between the (TRUPER and GENOVESE, 1968). The bacterial growth in the medium of KAMPF and PFENNIG (1980) at different pH, light intensity, temperature and NaCI concentration are given in Figure 4. Optimal pH was between 7.0-7.4, or slightly more acidic than those of two Phototrophic bacteria, which were also isolated from the bacterial plate of Lake Kaiike (MATSUYAMA, 1979(MATSUYAMA, , 1983.…”

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“…If these test tubes were incubated in a more lighted condition, these algae outnumbered the bacterium. Furthermore, Chlamydomonas sp., which could be isolated from the bacterial plate of Lake Kaiike and cultured in the semisolidified medium of KAMPF and PFENNIG (1980), grew densely immediately above the H2S-containing layer forming a green plate, and it gradually descended, oxidizing H2S purely chemically or biologically.…”

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Characteristics of a phototrophic bacterium isolated from the bacterial plate of Lake Kaiike.

Matsuyama

1984

Jpn. J. Limnol.

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Phototrophic Purple and Green Bacteria in Marine and Hypersaline Environments

Imhoff

2003

Encyclopedia of Environmental Microbiology

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Capacity of chromatiaceae for chemotrophic growth. Specific respiration rates of Thiocystis violacea and Chromatium vinosum

Cited by 141 publications

References 19 publications

Thiocapsa litoralis sp. nov., a new purple sulfur bacterium from microbial mats from the White Sea.

Thiocapsa litoralis sp. nov., a new purple sulfur bacterium from microbial mats from the White Sea.

Characteristics of a phototrophic bacterium isolated from the bacterial plate of Lake Kaiike.

Phototrophic Purple and Green Bacteria in Marine and Hypersaline Environments

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