Abstract
Three acidophilic actinobacteria, isolates LSCA2, FGG8 and HSCA14T, recovered from spruce litter were examined using a polyphasic approach. Chemotaxonomic and morphological properties of the isolates were found to be consistent with their classification in the genus Streptacidiphilus. The isolates were shown to have identical 16S rRNA gene sequences and were most closely related to Streptacidiphilus neutrinimicus DSM 41755T (99.9 % similarity). However, DNA:DNA relatedness between isolate HSCA14T and the type strain of S. neutrinimicus was found to be low at 44.0 (±14.1) %. A combination of phenotypic features, including degradative and nutritional characteristics were shown to distinguish the isolates from their nearest phylogenetic neighbours. Data from this study show that the isolates form a novel species in the genus for which the name S. hamsterleyensis sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is HSCA 14T (=DSM 45900T = KACC 17456T = NCIMB 14865T).
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Introduction
The genus Streptacidiphilus, a member of the family Streptomycetaceae, was proposed by Kim et al. (2003) for actinobacteria that grow between pH 3.5 and 6.0; form aerial hyphae that differentiate into long chains of flexuous, smooth-surfaced spores; contain major proportions of LL-diaminopimelic acid, galactose and mannose in whole-organism hydrolysates; saturated, iso- and anteiso-fatty acids; hexa- and octahydrogenated menaquinones with nine isoprene units as predominant isoprenologues; and complex polar lipid patterns which include diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylinositol and phosphatidylinositol mannosides. Streptacidiphili are common in acidic soils and coniferous litter (Golinska et al. 2013a).
It is important to clarify the taxonomy of acidophilic sporoactinobacteria as they are a source of antifungal agents (Williams and Khan 1974), have a role in the turnover of organic matter at low pH values (Goodfellow and Williams 1983; Williams et al. 1984) and produce chitinases and diastases with pH optima below those of neutrotolerant streptomycetes (Williams and Flowers 1978; Williams and Robinson 1981). The genus currently contains nine validly named species (Cho et al. 2008; Golinska et al. 2013a) although there is evidence that it is underspeciated (Lonsdale 1985; Goodfellow and Simpson 1987; Seong et al. 1993, 1995). Streptacidiphilus species are closely related on the basis of 16S rRNA gene sequence data but are also very similar to the members of the genera Kitasatospora and Streptomyces (Kämpfer 2012a; Labeda et al. 2012), the two other members of the family Streptomycetaceae. The case for the recognition of these taxa as sister genera is supported by sequence data of conserved proteins which show that Kitasatospora is significantly different from Streptomyces (Girard et al. 2013).
The present study is a continuation of our bioprospecting studies on acidophilic and aciditolerant actinobacteria isolated from a spruce forest soil. Several isolates were considered to have colonial properties typical of streptacidiphili, three of which were the subject of a polyphasic taxonomic study. The resultant data showed that the isolates belong to a new Streptacidiphilus species, Streptacidiphilus hamsterleyensis sp. nov.
Materials and methods
Organisms, maintenance and biomass preparation
The three organisms, strains LSCA2, FGG8 and HSCA14T, were isolated from the litter, fermentation and humus layers respectively of a spruce soil at Hamsterley Forest; the site and the dilution plate procedures have been described previously (Golinska et al. 2013a, b). The strains were isolated from starch-casein plates (Kűster and Williams 1964) using either agar (SCA) or gellan gum (GG) as gelling agents. They were maintained on acidified modified Bennett’s agar (Jones 1949) at room temperature and as hyphal fragments and spores in glycerol (v/v) at −80 °C.
Biomass for the chemotaxonomic and molecular systematic studies was prepared by growing the isolates in shake flasks of acidified glucose-yeast extract broth (pH 5.5; Gordon and Mihm 1962) at 150 revolutions per minute for 3 weeks at 28 °C. Cells were harvested by centrifugation and washed twice in distilled water; biomass for the chemotaxonomic analyses was freeze-dried and that for the molecular work stored at −20 °C. Biomass for the fatty acid analysis carried out on isolate HSCA14T was harvested from modified Bennett’s broth (Jones 1949), adjusted to pH 5.5, following incubation at 28 °C for 7 days.
Phylogenetic analyses
Extraction of genomic DNA, PCR-mediated amplification of the 16S rRNA genes of the three isolates and direct sequencing of the purified PCR products were carried out as described previously (Golinska et al. 2013a, b). The closest phylogenetic neighbours based on 16S rRNA gene similarities were sought using the EzTaxon server (http://eztaxon-e.ezbiocloud.net/; Kim et al. 2012). The resultant 16S rRNA gene sequences were aligned with sequences of all validly named species of the genus Streptacidiphilus using ClustalW. Phylogenetic analyses were carried out using MEGA5 (Tamura et al. 2011) and PHYML (Guindon and Gascuel 2003) software packages. Evolutionary distances were generated for the neighbour-joining, maximum-likelihood and maximum-parsimony methods as described by Jukes and Cantor (1969). The tree topologies were evaluated by a bootstrap analysis (Felsenstein 1985) of the neighbour-joining data based on 1,000 resamplings using MEGA5 software. The root position of unrooted trees were estimated using the sequence of Streptomyces albus subsp. albus DSM 40313T (GenBank accession number AJ 621602).
DNA:DNA relatedness
The DNA:DNA relatedness value (∆Tm) between isolate HSCA14T and Streptacidiphilus neutrinimicus DSM 41755T was determined, in duplicate, using a fluorimetric method (Gonzalez and Saiz-Jimenez 2005). The optimal temperature for renaturation (Tm) was calculated using the equation Tor − 0.51 (% GC) + 47. The melting temperatures (Tm) at which 50 % of the initial double stranded DNA denatured into single-stranded DNA for isolate HSCA14T and hybrid DNA of the isolate HSCA14T: S. neutrinimicus DSM 41755T were compared and the differences (∆Tm) calculated.
Chemotaxonomy
The three isolates were examined for chemical properties known to be of value in the systematics of genera classified in the family Streptomycetaceae (Kämpfer 2012a, b). Standard chromatographic procedures were used to determine the isomers of diaminopimelic acid (Staneck and Roberts 1974), isoprenoid quinones (Collins 1985), polar lipids (Minnikin et al. 1984) and whole-organism sugars (Hasegawa et al. 1983), using appropriate controls. Cellular fatty acids of isolate HSCA14T were extracted, methylated and determined by gas chromatography (Hewlett Packard instrument 6890) and analysed using the standard Sherlock Microbial Identification (MIDI) system, version 5 (Sasser 1990). The G+C mol% of the DNA of strain HSCA14T was determined following the procedure described by Gonzalez and Saiz-Jimenez (2002).
Cultural and morphological properties
The isolates were examined for cultural and morphological properties following growth on acidified International Streptomyces Project (ISP) media (Shirling and Gottlieb 1966), as described previously (Golinska et al. 2013a). Hyphal and spore chain arrangements were detected on acidified oatmeal agar (ISP medium 3; Shirling and Gottlieb 1966) following incubation at 28 °C for 14 days, using the cover slip method of Kawato and Shinobu (1959). The arrangement and surface ornamentation of isolate HSCA14T were detected by examining a gold-coated dehydrated preparation from the acidified oatmeal agar plate with a scanning electron microscope (Cambridge Stereoscan 240) and the procedure described by O’Donnell et al. (1993).
Phenotypic tests
A broad range of phenotypic tests were carried out on the isolates using media and methods described by Williams et al. (1983) but with acidified media. The isolates were also examined for their ability to grow at various temperatures (10, 30, 35 and 40 °C), pH values (4, 5, 6 and 7) and sodium chloride concentrations (1, 3, 5, 7 and 10 %, w/v) using acidified modified Bennett’s agar (Jones 1949).
Results and discussion
Surprisingly little is known about acidophilic filamentous actinobacteria even though they were discovered a long time ago (Jensen 1928), are common in acidic habitats (Williams et al. 1971; Khan and Williams 1975; Goodfellow and Dawson 1978; Goodfellow and Simpson 1987) and may well be a source of acid stable antibiotics and enzymes (Williams and Khan 1974; Williams and Flowers 1978). The results of the present study provide further evidence that the acidiphilic taxon Streptacidiphilus is underspeciated and common in coniferous litter (Lonsdale 1985; Golinska et al. 2013a).
Chemotaxonomic, cultural and morphological properties
The three strains isolated from spruce litter taken from Hamsterley Forest were found to have genotypic and phenotypic properties consistent with their classification in the genus Streptacidiphilus (Kim et al. 2003; Golinska et al. 2013a). They were shown to be aerobic, Gram-positive, non-acid- alcohol-fast actinobacteria which form extensively branched substrate mycelia that carried abundant white to gray aerial spore mass on oatmeal agar. The strains were found to grow well on most of the ISP media tending to form a gray aerial spore mass and yellowish substrate mycelia (Table 1). The isolates LSCA2, FGG8 and HSCA14T were also shown to have whole-organism hydrolysates rich in LL-diaminopimelic acid, galactose and rhamnose, major proportions of hexa- and octahydrogenated menaquinones with nine isoprene units (in ratios of 1:1.2; 1:1.4 and 1:1.8, respectively), and diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylethanolamine (diagnostic marker), phosphatidylinositol and phosphatidylinositol mannosides as predominant polar lipid components (phospholipid pattern 2 sensu Lechevalier et al. 1977; Online supplementary Fig. 1). The fatty acid profile of isolate HSCA14T was shown to contain major proportions (>10 %) of iso-C15:0 (14.1 %), anteiso-C15:0 (21.7 %), iso-C16:0 (19.3 %) and C16:0 (16.9 %), minor proportions (>1.5 %) of iso-C14:0 (3.9 %), C14:0 (1.5 %), iso-C17:0 (3.5 %), anteiso-C17:0 (8.2 %), C17: cyclo (5.6 %), summed features C16:1 ω7c/C16:1 ω6c (1.3 %) and trace amounts (<0.8 %) of other components (fatty acid type 2c, Kroppenstedt 1985). Isolate HSCA14T was determined to have a DNA G+C base composition of 71.0 mol%.
Phylogenetic analyses
Almost complete 16S rRNA gene sequences of the isolates (1403–1408 nucleotides [nt]) were generated; the isolates were shown to have identical 16S rRNA gene sequences (Genbank Accession numbers KC111778, KC111779 and KC841827) and to form a branch in the Streptacidiphilus gene tree that was supported by all of the tree-making algorithms and by a 100 % bootstrap value (Fig. 1). The isolates were also shown to form a subclade in the Streptacidiphilus 16S rRNA gene tree together with the type strains of S. albus (type species), S. carbonis and S. neutrinimicus; the taxonomic integrity of this subclade was supported by a 97 % bootstrap value and by all of the tree-making algorithms (Fig. 1). In turn, the isolates were found to be most closely related to S. neutrinimicus DSM 41755T, these organisms were shown to share a 16S rRNA gene similarity of 99.9 %, a value equivalent to a single nucleotide difference. Corresponding 16S rRNA gene sequence similarities with the type strains of S. albus and S. carbonis were 98.4 and 98.6 %, values shown to correspond to 23 and 20 nt differences, respectively. The similarities of 16S rRNA gene sequences between the isolate and the type strains of the remaining Streptacidiphilus species were found to range from 94.4 to 97.0 %.
The ΔTm value between isolate HSCA14T g DNA and isolate HSCA14T/S. neutrinimicus and DSM 41755T hybrid DNA was found to be 9 (±2.8) °C, a result that corresponds to a DNA:DNA similarity of 44 (±14.1) % according to Gonzalez and Saiz-Jimenez (2005) i.e. well below the 70 % cut-off point recommended for assigning bacterial strains to the same genomic species (Wayne et al. 1987). The phenomenon of very high 16S rRNA gene sequence similarities between species distinguishable by DNA:DNA similarity is not uncommon in the Streptomycetaceae particularly amongst tight 16S rRNA gene clades, for example such as the Streptomyces violaceusniger clade (Goodfellow et al. 2007).
Phenotypic tests
The phenotypic properties of the isolates were compared with those of the type strains of S. albus, S. carbonis and S. neutrinimicus which had been studied previously using the same media and methods (Kim et al. 2003; Cho et al. 2008). It can be seen from Table 2 that the isolates can be distinguished from the type strains of their closest phylogenetic neighbours using a broad range of properties. Thus, the isolates, unlike S. neutrinimicus DSM 41755T, are able to metabolise Tweens 40 and 60, use d-melezitose, α-methyl-d-glucoside and l-rhamnose as sole carbon sources and grow at 10 and 30 °C. In turn, the S. neutrinimicus type strain, unlike the isolates, degrades starch, grows on sodium pyruvate and sodium succinate as sole carbon sources and at pH 4.0. All of the strains are able to use l-arabinose, glycerol, glycogen, d-melibiose and d-raffinose as sole carbon sources, but not amygdalin, sodium adipate or sodium oxalate.
Conclusions
The chemotaxonomic, phenotypic and phylogenetic characteristics of isolates LSCA2, FGG8 and HSCA14T show that they represent a novel species for which the name S. hamsterleyensis is proposed.
Description of Streptacidiphilus hamsterleyensis sp. nov.
Streptacidiphilus hamsterleyensis (ham.ster.ley.en’sis. N.L. masc. adj. hamsterleyensis, belonging to Hamsterley Forest in County Durham in the North East of England, the source of the isolate).
Aerobic, Gram-positive, non-acid- alcohol-fast, acidophilic actinobacteria which form an extensively branched substrate mycelium that carries aerial hyphae that differentiate into long straight to flexuous chains of smooth, cylindrical spores (0.6 × 0.8 μm; Online supplementary Fig. 2). Grows at 10–30 °C, optimally ~25 °C, from pH 4.5 to 6.0, optimally ~pH 5.5 and in the presence of 1 % but not 3 % and higher sodium chloride (w/v). Gelatin and Tweens 40 and 60 are metabolized, but not casein, chitin, elastin, guanine, hypoxanthine, tyrosine, uric acid or xylan. Nitrate is reduced, but strains are negative for aesculin, allantoin, arbutin and urea, hydrolysis. d-cellobiose, d-fructose, d-galactose, d-glucosamine, d-glucose, d-lactose, d-maltose, d-raffinose, d-sucrose and d-trehalose are used as sole carbon sources for energy and growth, but not d- or l-arabitol, dextran, meso-erythritol, d-glucuronic acid, d-mannitol, d-salicin or xylitol (all at 1 %, w/v) or ethanol (1 %, v/v). Does not use acetate, benzoate, butyrate, citrate, fumarate, hippurate, or propionate (sodium salts) or p-hydroxybenzoic acid (all at 0.1 %, w/v) as sole sources of carbon. l-alanine is used as a sole nitrogen source, but not l-arginine, l-aspartic acid, l-cysteine, l-histidine, l-phenylalanine, l-threonine or l-valine (all at 0.1 %, w/v). l-asparagine, d-hydroxyproline and l-serine are metabolized as sole carbon and nitrogen sources, but not acetamide, l-aspartic acid, l-cysteine, l-histidine, l-isoleucine, l-methionine, l-phenylalanine, l-threonine or l-valine (all at 0.1 %, w/v) or ethanolamine (0.1 %, v/v). Additional phenotypic properties are given in the text and in Tables 1 and 2. The major fatty acids are iso-C15:0, anteiso-C15:0, C16:0 and iso-C16:0. Other chemotaxonomic properties are typical of the genus Streptacidiphilus. The G+C content of the DNA of the type strain is 71.0 mol%.
The species contains the type strain HSCA14T (=DSM 45900T = KACC 17456T = NCIMB 14865T) and isolates FGG8 and LSCA2 which were isolated from the humus, fermentation and litter horizons of a spruce stand at Hamsterley Forest, County Durham, England. The Genbank Accession number of the 16S rRNA gene sequence of strain HSCA14T is KC111778.
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Patrycja Golinska was supported by a research fellowship from Nicolaus Copernicus University (Toruń, Poland) “Enhancing Educational Potential of Nicolaus Copernicus University in the Disciplines of Mathematical and Natural Sciences” (project no. POKL.04.01.01-00-081/10).
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Fig. 1. Two dimensional thin-layer chromatography of polar lipids of isolate HSCA14T stained with molybdenum blue (Sigma). Chloroform : methanol : water (32.5 : 12.5 : 2.0 v/v) were used in the first direction and chloroform : acetic acid : methanol : water (40 : 7.5 : 6 : 2 v/v) in the second direction. DPG, diphosphatidylglycerol; PE, phosphatidylethanolamine; PI, phosphatidylinositol; PIMS, phosphatidylinositol mannosides. Supplementary material 1 (PDF 133 kb)
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Fig. 2. Scanning electron micrograph of isolate HSCA14T showing straight chains of smooth-surfaced, cylindrical spores on oatmeal agar after growth for 3 weeks at 28 °C. Bar, 1.0 μm. Supplementary material 2 (PDF 115 kb)
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Golinska, P., Kim, BY., Dahm, H. et al. Streptacidiphilus hamsterleyensis sp. nov., isolated from a spruce forest soil. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 104, 965–972 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10482-013-0015-1
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