Hydrogenophaga intermedia sp. nov., a 4-aminobenzene-sulfonate Degrading Organism

doi:10.1016/S0723-2020(00)80022-3

Systematic and Applied Microbiology

Volume 23, Issue 4, December 2000, Pages 487-493

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Summary

The taxonomic status of a Gram-negative, oxidase positive rod (strain S1) able to degrade 4-aminoben-zenesulfonate was studied using a polyphasic approach. Chemotaxonomic investigations of quinones and polar lipids established the allocation of this strain to the beta-subclass of the Proteobacteria and revealed similarities to Hydrogenophaga palleronii. 16S rRNA sequence comparisons demonstrated that this strain clusters phylogenetically with H. palleronii and H. taeniospiralis, but clearly represents a new species. The fatty acid patterns and substrate utilization profile displayed similarity to the characteristics of the four validly published species of Hydrogenophaga, although clear differentiating characters were also observed. No close similarities between the type strains of H. palleronii and H. taeniospiralis were detected in hybridization experiments with the genomic DNAs. On basis of these results, the new species Hydrogenophaga intermedia sp. nov. is proposed, with the type strain S1^T (= DSM 5680).

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Hydrogenophaga intermedia sp. nov., a 4-aminobenzene-sulfonate Degrading Organism

Summary

Anal Biochem

Zentralbl Bakteriol Mikrobiol Hyg (Abt 1, Orig C)

FEMS Microbiol Lett

FEMS Microbiol Lett

System Appl Microbiol

J. Microbiol. Methods

FEMS Microbiol Lett

J Chromatogr

The mesophilic hydrogen-oxidizing (Knallgas) bacteria

Isolation of a bacterial strain with the ability to utilize the sulfonated azo compound 4-carboxy-4′-sulfoazobenzene as the sole source of carbon and energy

Appl Environ Microbiol

Separation of large DNA molecules by contour-clamped homogenous electric fields

Science

A note on the separation of natural mixtures of bacterial menaquinones using reverse phase thinlayer chromatography

J Appl Bacteriol

Chemotaxonomic study of an alkalophilic bacterium, Exiguobacterium aurantiacum gen. nov., spec. nov.

J Gen Microbiol

Molekulare Grundlagen des Abbaus von 4-Sulfocatechol über einen modifzierten Protocatechuat-Weg

Characterization of the genes for two protocatechuate 3,4-dioxygenases from the catechol-4-sulfonate degrading bacterium Agrobacterium radiobacter strain S2

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Eur J Biochem