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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1996-4-4
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
To understand the phylogeny and taxonomy of eight new toluene-degrading denitrifying isolates, we performed a 16S rRNA sequence analysis and a gas chromatographic analysis of their cellular fatty acids and examined some of their biochemical and physiological features. These isolates had 16s rRNA sequence signatures identical to those of members of the beta subclass of the Proteobacteria. The levels of similarity were as follows: 97.9 to 99.9% among the new isolates; 91.2 to 92.4% between the new isolates and Azoarcus sp. strain S5b2; 95.3 to 96.2% between the new isolates and Azoarcus sp. strain BH72; and 94.8 to 95.3% between the new isolates and Azoarcus indigens VB32T (T = type strain). Phylogenetic trees constructed by using the distance matrix, maximum-parsimony, and maximum-likelihood methods showed that our eight denitrifying isolates form a phylogenetically coherent cluster which represents a sister lineage of the previously described Azoarcus species. Furthermore, the fatty acid profiles, the cell morphology, and several physiological and nutritional characteristics of the eight isolates and the previously described members of the genus Azoarcus were also similar. In contrast to the previously described members of the genus Azoarcus, the eight new isolates were capable of degrading toluene under denitrifying conditions. We concluded that these toluene-degrading denitrifiers are members of a new species of the novel nitrogen-fixing genus Azoarcus. We propose the name Azoarcus tolulyticus for these toluene-degrading denitrifying isolates and designate strain Tol-4 the type strain.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0020-7713
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
45
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
500-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:8590677-Anaerobiosis, pubmed-meshheading:8590677-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:8590677-Biological Evolution, pubmed-meshheading:8590677-Carbohydrate Metabolism, pubmed-meshheading:8590677-Catalase, pubmed-meshheading:8590677-Consensus Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:8590677-Culture Media, pubmed-meshheading:8590677-Fatty Acids, pubmed-meshheading:8590677-Gram-Negative Facultatively Anaerobic Rods, pubmed-meshheading:8590677-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:8590677-Nitrogen Compounds, pubmed-meshheading:8590677-Nitrogen Fixation, pubmed-meshheading:8590677-Oxidoreductases, pubmed-meshheading:8590677-Phylogeny, pubmed-meshheading:8590677-RNA, Ribosomal, 16S, pubmed-meshheading:8590677-Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid, pubmed-meshheading:8590677-Soil Microbiology, pubmed-meshheading:8590677-Toluene
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
Phylogenetic analyses of a new group of denitrifiers capable of anaerobic growth of toluene and description of Azoarcus tolulyticus sp. nov.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing 48824-1325, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.