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Succinate decarboxylation byPropionigenium maris sp. nov., a new anaerobic bacterium from an estuarine sediment

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Enrichments on succinate plus yeast extract under anoxic conditions from intertidal mud-flat sediments yielded cultures dominated by oval to round-ended rod-shaped cells. Strain 10succl, obtained in pure culture, was characterized in detail. The non-motile cells possessed a gram-negative cell wall and did not form spores. Carbohydrates were fermented to formate, acetate, ethanol, and lactate. Succinate was decarboxylated to propionate. Other organic and amino acids were variously fermented to formate, acetate, propionate, and butyrate. Sulfur, sulfate, thiosulfate, and nitrate were not used as electron acceptors. Growth required the presence of yeast extract and at least 5 g/l NaCl, and was possible only in the absence of oxygen. No cytochromes were detected. The DNA base ratio was 40 mol% G+C. Phylogenetically, strain 10succ1 is closely related toPropionigenium modestum, as revealed by 16S rDNA analysis, but is physiologically distinct. Accordingly, strain 10succ1 (DSM 9537) is described as the type strain of a new species of the genusPropionigenium, P. maris sp. nov.

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    Present address: Max-Planck-Institut für Terrestrische Mikrobiologie, karl-von-Frisch-Strasse, D-35043, Marburg, Germany

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  1. Department of Biological Sciences, University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand

    Peter H. Janssen

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    Werner Liesack

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Janssen, P.H., Liesack, W. Succinate decarboxylation byPropionigenium maris sp. nov., a new anaerobic bacterium from an estuarine sediment. Arch. Microbiol. 164, 29–35 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02568731

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