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Establishing Stable Binary Cultures of Symbiotic Saccharibacteria from the Oral Cavity
Published on: April 13, 2021
Saccharothrix obliqua sp. nov., isolated from soil of Sichang Island, Thailand
Md Abul Kalam Azad1,2, Preedakorn Chunhacha1,2, Chanwit Suriyachadkun3
1Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand.
Abstract:
During an investigation of rare actinobacteria, isolate SC076T was isolated from a soil sample collected from Sichang Island, Chonburi Province, Thailand. The strain showed the highest 16S rRNA gene similarity to Saccharothrix australiensis DSM 43800T (98.6%) and Saccharothrix espanaensis DSM 44229T (98.6%). The zigzag morphology of the spore chain was observed on the aerial mycelia. meso-Diaminopimelic acid was detected in the peptidoglycan. Whole-cell sugars contained rhamnose, ribose, mannose glucose and galactose. Polar lipids were phosphatidylethanolamine, hydroxyphosphatidylethanolamine, diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylinositol mannoside, phosphatidylinositol, unidentified ninhydrin-positive glycolipid, unidentified glycolipid and four unidentified lipids. The menaquinones were MK-9(H8), MK-9(H4), MK-9(H2) and MK-9(H0). The predominant fatty acids were iso-C16 : 0, iso-C15 : 0 and anteiso-C17 : 0. The draft genome of SC076T was 8040245 bp with a G+C content of 72.5 mol%. The results of genomic analysis between strain SC076T and the related type strains showed that the digital DNA-DNA hybridization and average nucleotide identity values among the strains were 23.6-32.8% and 77.7-86.8 %, respectively, which are lower than the thresholds used to distinguish strains from others of the same species. Based on the taxonomic evidence, strain SC076T represents a novel species of the genus Saccharothrix for which the name Saccharothrix obliqua sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is SC076T (=TBRC 14540T=NBRC 115117T).
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