Rubinisphaera italica sp. nov. isolated from a hydrothermal area in the Tyrrhenian Sea close to the volcanic island Panarea
2020
Kallscheuer, Nicolai | Jogler, Mareike | Wiegand, Sandra | Peeters, Stijn H. | Heuer, Anja | Boedeker, Christian | Jetten, Mike S. M. | Rohde, Manfred | Jogler, Christian
Planctomycetes is a fascinating phylum of mostly aquatic bacteria, not only due to the environmental importance in global carbon and nitrogen cycles, but also because of a unique cell biology. Their lifestyle and metabolic capabilities are not well explored, which motivated us to study the role of Planctomycetes in biofilms on marine biotic surfaces. Here, we describe the novel strain Pan54ᵀ which was isolated from algae in a hydrothermal area close to the volcanic island Panarea in the Tyrrhenian Sea, north of Sicily in Italy. The strain grew best at pH 9.0 and 26 °C and showed typical characteristics of planctomycetal bacteria, e.g. division by polar budding, formation of aggregates and presence of stalks and crateriform structures. Phylogenetically, the strain belongs to the genus Rubinisphaera. Our analysis suggests that Pan54ᵀ represents a novel species of this genus, for which we propose the name Rubinisphaera italica sp. nov. We suggest Pan54ᵀ (= DSM 29369 = LMG 29789) as the type strain of the novel species.
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