| Literature DB >> 21431834 |
Zhikui Hao1, Yujie Cai, Xiangru Liao, Xiaohui Liang, Jiayang Liu, Zhiyou Fang, Mingming Hu, Dabing Zhang.
Abstract
A novel aerobic mesophilic bacterial strain SYBC-H1(T) capable of degrading chitin was isolated and classified in this study. The strain exhibited strong chitinolytic activity and was a Gram-negative, curved, rod-shaped, and motile bacterium. Growth of this strain was observed between 10 and 41°C and between pH 3.5 and 9.5. The DNA G + C content of strain SYBC-H1(T) was 53.25 mol%. The cellular fatty acids (>5%) were 12:0 iso 3-OH (5.87%), 16:0 (28.16%), and 18:1ω7c (20.48%). Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity revealed that strain SYBC-H1(T) belonged to the family Neisseriaceae, and was distantly related (95.0% similarity) to the genus Chitiniphilus. Its phenotype was unique and genetic and phylogenetic analysis experiments suggested that strain SYBC-H1(T) represented the type strain (CGMCC 3438(T), ATCC BAA-2140(T)) of a novel genus, for which the name Chitinolyticbacter meiyuanensis SYBC-H1(T) gen. nov., sp. nov. was proposed. The highest enzymatic activity of chitinase (9.6 U/ml) was obtained at 72 h in 250 ml shake flasks. The 16S rRNA gene sequence of SYBC-H1(T) has been deposited in GenBank under the accession number GQ981314.Entities:
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Year: 2011 PMID: 21431834 DOI: 10.1007/s00284-011-9921-5
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Curr Microbiol ISSN: 0343-8651 Impact factor: 2.188