Simulacricoccus ruber gen. nov., sp. nov., a microaerotolerant, non-fruiting, myxospore-forming soil myxobacterium and emended description of the family Myxococcaceae.

Int J Syst Evol Microbiol

1​Department of Microbial Natural Products (MINS), Helmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland (HIPS) - Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI), Saarland University Campus Building E8 1, 66123 Saarbrücken, Germany.

Published: October 2018

A non-fruiting group of myxobacteria was previously speculated to exist in nature based on metagenomics data containing uncultured members of the order Myxococcales. Here, we describe a myxobacterial strain, designated MCy10636, which was isolated from a German soil sample collected in 2013. It exhibits swarming characteristics but atypically produces myxospores in the absence of fruiting bodies. The novel strain stains Gram-negative and Congo-red-negative and is characterized mesophilic, neutrophilic, chemoheterotrophic and microaerotolerant. Branched-chain fatty acids are the predominant cellular fatty acids over the straight-chain type, and contain the major fatty acids iso-C17 : 0 2-OH, C16 : 1, iso-C17 : 0 and iso-C15 : 0. Based on blastn results, the 16S rRNA gene sequence reveals similarity (97 %) to Aggregicoccus edonensis MCy1366, (97 %) Myxococcus macrosporus DSM 14697, (96 %) Corallococcus coralloides DSM2259 and Corallococcus exiguus Cc e167. Phylogenetic analysis showed a novel lineage of MCy10636 in the family Myxococcaceae, suborder Cystobacterineae. Based on polyphasic taxonomic characterization, we propose that this unusual, non-fruiting, myxospore-forming and microaerotolerant myxobacterial strain, MCy10636, represents a novel genus and species, Simulacricoccus ruber gen. nov., sp. nov. (DSM 106554=NCCB 100651).

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