Bifidobacterium bombi sp. nov., from the bumblebee digestive tract
Language English Country Great Britain, England Media print-electronic
Document type Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PubMed
19567560
DOI
10.1099/ijs.0.002915-0
PII: ijs.0.002915-0
Knihovny.cz E-resources
- MeSH
- Acetates metabolism MeSH
- Aldehyde-Lyases metabolism MeSH
- Anaerobiosis MeSH
- Bifidobacterium classification genetics isolation & purification physiology MeSH
- DNA, Bacterial chemistry genetics MeSH
- Phylogeny MeSH
- Gastrointestinal Tract microbiology MeSH
- Lactic Acid metabolism MeSH
- Carbohydrate Metabolism MeSH
- Microscopy, Electron, Scanning MeSH
- Molecular Sequence Data MeSH
- DNA, Ribosomal chemistry genetics MeSH
- RNA, Ribosomal, 16S genetics MeSH
- Sequence Analysis, DNA MeSH
- Cluster Analysis MeSH
- Spores, Bacterial cytology MeSH
- Bacterial Typing Techniques MeSH
- Bees microbiology MeSH
- Base Composition MeSH
- Animals MeSH
- Check Tag
- Animals MeSH
- Publication type
- Journal Article MeSH
- Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't MeSH
- Names of Substances
- Acetates MeSH
- Aldehyde-Lyases MeSH
- DNA, Bacterial MeSH
- fructose-6-phosphate phosphoketolase MeSH Browser
- Lactic Acid MeSH
- DNA, Ribosomal MeSH
- RNA, Ribosomal, 16S MeSH
Gram-positive-staining, anaerobic, non-spore-forming, lactate- and acetate-producing bacterial strains were isolated from the digestive tracts of different bumblebee species (Bombus lucorum, Bombus pascuorum and Bombus lapidarius). All of the isolates produced fructose-6-phosphate phosphoketolase activity. A representative strain, BluCI/TPT, was characterized further. Cells of strain BluCI/TPT showed occasional bifurcation and irregular constrictions. The bacterium utilized a wide range of carbohydrates. Glucose was fermented to acetate and lactate. The DNA base composition was 47.2 mol% G+C. Complete 16S rRNA and partial hsp60 gene sequences were obtained and phylogenetic relationships were determined. Strain BluCI/TPT and related isolates were located in the actinobacterial cluster and were closely related to the genera Bifidobacterium, Scardovia, Aeriscardovia and Parascardovia. The results presented support the proposal of a novel species to accommodate strain BluCI/TPT, with the name Bifidobacterium bombi sp. nov.; the type strain is BluCI/TPT (=DSM 19703T=ATCC BAA-1567T).
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