ISSN:
1432-072X
Keywords:
Key words Dimethylsulfoniopropionate
;
Dimethylsulfide
;
Acrylate
;
Anaerobic respiration
;
Sulfate-reducing bacterium
;
Desulfovibrio acrylicus sp. nov.
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Biology
Notes:
Abstract From anoxic intertidal sediment, a dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP)-cleaving anaerobe (strain W218) was isolated that reduced the acrylate formed to propionate. The bacterium was vibrio- to rod-shaped and motile by means of multiple polar flagella. It reduced sulfate, thiosulfate, and acrylate, and used lactate, fumarate, succinate, malate, pyruvate, ethanol, propanol, glycerol, glycine, serine, alanine, cysteine, hydrogen, and formate as electron donors. Sulfate and acrylate were reduced simultaneously; growth with sulfate was faster than with acrylate. Extracts of cells grown in the presence of DMSP contained high DMSP lyase activities (9.8 U/mg protein). The DNA mol% G+C was 45.1. On the basis of its characteristics and the 16S rRNA gene sequence, strain W218 was assigned to a new Desulfovibrio species for which the name Desulfovibrio acrylicus is proposed. A variety of other sulfate-reducing bacteria (eight of them originating from a marine or saline environment and five from other environments) did not reduce acrylate.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s002030050363
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