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Seventeen strains of the new species Bacillus azotoformans were isolated by enrichment culture in peptone broth inoculated with pasteurized soil and then incubated under N2O at 32 degrees C. The bacterium is a Gram-negative rod, motile with peritrichous flagella, which produces oval spores without exosporia in swollen sporangia. However, the cells have thick walls, mesosomes, and persistent septa characteristic of Gram-positive bacteria. The bacterium lacks fermentative activity, does not attack carbohydrates, has complex growth requirements, and will grow anaerobically only if one of the following electron acceptors is present: NO3-, NO2-, N2O, S4O6--, or fumarate. Nitrate, nitrite, and nitrous oxide are denitrified with the production of N2. The microorganism is mesophilic, gives a positive oxidase reaction, synthesizes a type c cytochrome, and does not hydrolyse gelatin, starch, or "Tween 80." Poly-beta-hydroxybutyric acid is snythesized when the bacterium is grown in a medium containing DL-3-hydroxybutyrate. The following enzymes are present: nitrate reductase A, respiratory nitrite reductase, tetrathionate and fumarate reductases, and L-glutamate dehydrogenase. The following enzymes are absent: thiosulfate reductase, urease, lecithinase, arginine dihydrolase, phenylalanine deaminase, and catalase. For the 17 strains, the mean value of the G = C percent of the DNA is 39.8 +/- 1.2. All the strains are highly similar.
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PMID:[Morphological, physiological and taxonomic studies of Bacillus azotoformans]. 65 12

The described bacterium was isolated by enrichment culture in peptone broth inoculated with garden soil, pasteurized and then put to incubate under N2O at 32 degrees. It is a Gram-negative rod, motile with peritrichous flagella, and producing oval spores without exosporium in swollen sporangia. However, cells have the thick walls, mesosomes and persistant septa characteristic of Gram-positive bacteria. It lacks fermentative activity, does not attack carbohydrates, has complex growth requirements, and will grow anaerobically only if one of the following electron acceptors is present: NO3, NO2, N2O, S4O6, and fumarate. Nitrate, nitrite, and nitrous oxide are denitrified with production of N2. The microorganism is mesophilic, gives a positive oxidase reaction, synthesizes a type of c cytochrome, and does not hydrolyse gelatin, starch nor "Tween 80". The following enzymes are present: nitrate reductase A, respiratory nitrite reductase, tetrathionate and fumarate reductases, L-glutamate dehydrogenase, and superoxide dismutase. The following enzymes are absent: thiosulfate reductase, urease, lecithinase, arginine dihydrolase, L-alanine dehydrogenase, phenylalanine desaminase, and catalase. The GC% of its DNA is 39. The bacterium described can be considered to be a new species. We propose the name Bacillus azotoformans n. sp.
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PMID:[A new, sporulating, denitrifying, mesophilic bacterium: Bacillus azotoformans N. SP. (author's transl)]. 102 Aug 72

A new rapidly growing mycobacterium was isolated from human sputum. This organism grew at 22, 31, 37, and 41 degrees C and possessed catalase, acid phosphatase, acetamidase, urease, nicotinamidase, pyrazinamidase, and nitrate reductase activities. It did not produce nicotinic acid, hydrolyze Tween, or have benzamidase, isonicotinamidase, succinidamidase, and arylsulfatase activities. A mycolic acid analysis revealed a simple, unique pattern. The organism is susceptible to antituberculotic drugs. A comparative 16S rRNA sequence analysis placed this organism within the confines of the genus Mycobacterium, most closely related to the thermotolerant rapidly growing species. On the basis of the pattern of enzymatic activities and metabolic properties, as well as the unique 16S rRNA sequence, we propose that our single strain represents a new species, for which we propose the name Mycobacterium confluentis. The type strain is strain 1389/90; a culture of this strain has been deposited in the German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures as strain DSM 44017.
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PMID:Mycobacterium confluentis sp. nov. 137 23

A psychrotrophic Flexibacter sp., Flexibacter ovolyticus sp. nov., was isolated from the adherent bacterial epiflora of Atlantic halibut (Hippoglossus hippoglossus L.) eggs and was shown to be an opportunistic pathogen for halibut eggs and larvae. The strains which we isolated had the enzymatic capacity to dissolve both the chorion and the zona radiata of the egg shells. A total of 35 isolates were characterized by using morphological and biochemical tests. These strains were rod shaped, gram negative, Kovacs oxidase positive, and pale yellow and exhibited gliding motility. They did not produce acid from any of the wide range of carbohydrates tested. Our isolates had the ability to degrade gelatin, tyrosine, DNA, and Tween 80. Starch, cellulose, and chitin were not degraded. The strains were catalase and nitrate reductase positive, did not produce H2S, and did not grow under anaerobic conditions. F. ovolyticus resembles Flexibacter maritimus, but differs from the latter species in several biochemical and physiological characteristics. DNAs from F. ovolyticus strains had guanine-plus-cytosine contents which ranged from 30.3 to 32.0 mol% (strains EKC001, EKD002T [T = type strain], and VKB004), and DNA-DNA hybridization studies revealed levels of relatedness between F. ovolyticus EKD002T and F. maritimus NCMB 2154T and NCMB 2153 of 42.7 and 30.0%, respectively. Compared with previously described Cytophaga and Flexibacter spp. with low guanine-plus-cytosine contents, F. ovolyticus constitutes a new species. Strain EKD002 (= NCIMB 13127) is the type strain of the new species.
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PMID:Flexibacter ovolyticus sp. nov., a pathogen of eggs and larvae of Atlantic halibut, Hippoglossus hippoglossus L. 150 74

In accordance with Recommendation 30b of the International Code of Nomenclature of Bacteria, which calls for the development of recommended minimal standards for describing new species, we propose minimal standards for describing the genus Mycobacterium and new slowly growing species of this genus. The minimal standards for assignment of a strain to the genus Mycobacterium include acid-alcohol fastness, a DNA G+C content in the range from 61 to 71 mol%, and mycolic acid detection with characterization of C22 to C26 pyrolysis esters. The recommended minimal standards for describing a new slowly growing Mycobacterium species are based on the results of phenotypic and genomic studies and include the results of the following conventional tests: growth at 25, 30, 33, 37, 42, and 45 degrees C; pigmentation; resistance to isoniazid, thiophene-2-carboxylic acid hydrazide, hydroxylamine, p-nitrobenzoic acid, sodium chloride, thiacetazone, picrate, and oleate; catalase activity; Tween hydrolysis; urease activity; niacin detection; and nitrate reductase, acid phosphatase, arylsulfatase, pyrazinamidase, and alpha-esterase activities. In addition, a mycolic acid profile should be determined, and DNA-DNA hybridization experiments in which the difference between the denaturation temperature of the homologous reaction and the denaturation temperature of the heterologous reaction is determined should be performed. This proposal has been endorsed by the members of the Subcommittee for Taxonomy of the Mycobacteria of the International Committee on Systematic Bacteriology.
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PMID:Proposed minimal standards for the genus Mycobacterium and for description of new slowly growing Mycobacterium species. 158 Nov 93

Haemophilus ducreyi has traditionally been difficult to identify. We have utilized simple test methods to identify 19 fresh isolates obtained during a recent outbreak of chancroid in Houston and six strains of H. ducreyi from other outbreaks. Tests were performed from growth on chocolate agar after 48 h of incubation at 35 degrees C with increased humidity and CO2. All isolates exhibited typical colonial morphology and Gram stain. Isolates were catalase negative and oxidase and nitrate positive (in enriched broth). The RapID NH system failed to identify these strains because of negative reactions with alkaline phosphatase and nitrate reductase. However, by using the RapID-ANA system, all strains were positive for alkaline phosphatase and arginine, glycine, and serine aminopeptidases. Their biochemical profiles were distinct from those obtained with 66 strains representing 13 species similar to H. ducreyi. We also investigated the use of sodium polyanetholesulfonate (SPS) disk susceptibility to identify and differentiate H. ducreyi from other species. All H. ducreyi isolates were susceptible, as evidenced by the presence of a zone of inhibition with an average size of 15 mm around the SPS disk. With the exceptions of Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Gardnerella vaginalis, and Capnocytophaga spp., no other strain showed any evidence of inhibition. The latter three organisms can be easily differentiated from H. ducreyi by various features including reactions in the RapID-ANA. We conclude that, by considering simple growth and biochemical characteristics, SPS susceptibilities, and reactions in RapID-ANA, it is possible for more clinical laboratories to definitively identify this organism.
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PMID:Use of the RapID-ANA system and sodium polyanetholesulfonate disk susceptibility testing in identifying Haemophilus ducreyi. 215 97

Biochemical characteristics employed to identify tuberculous and non tuberculous mycobacteria were evaluated. Tests for detection of nitrate reductase, catalase, gamma-glutamyl-transferase, niacin assay and growth on TCH media (2-thiophene carboxylic-acid hydrazide) were regarded of discriminating value. These tests have been applied to identification of 78 clinical isolates of mycobacteria. All strains were identified as Mycobacterium tuberculosis, that suggest the infrequency of human infections from Mycobacterium bovis and mycobacteria other than tubercle bacilli in our geographic area. It is also outlined that the gamma-glutamyl-transferase test constitute a rapid and simple assay for discriminating Mycobacterium tuberculosis from other closely related mycobacteria.
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PMID:[Biochemical profile of mycobacteria isolated from clinical and environmental material]. 286 81

The molybdenum requirement for growth and conidial formation by Aspergillus flavus, A. terreus, and A. sulphureus was found to be 0.2 ppb, which was one-fifth that of an A. niger isolate. Molybdenum deficiency depressed growth, conidial formation, dry weight, soluble protein, and the specific activities of nitrate reductase, succinic dehydrogenase, and aconitase in all the isolates of Aspergillus studied, but the specific activities of catalase and peroxidase were depressed only in isolates of A. niger, A. terreus, and A. flavus. Also, molybdenum deficiency stimulated the specific activities of acid phosphatase and ribonuclease in the A. flavus isolate, although the specific activities of these enzymes decreased in other isolates. Eighteen hours after the addition of molybdenum (5 ppb) to molybdenum-deficient (0.02 ppb) cultures of A. niger, the specific activities of catalase, peroxidase and succinic dehydrogenase were restored in the absence of cycloheximide, while the specific activity of nitrate reductase was recovered even in the presence of the inhibitor. There was no effect on the specific activities of aconitase and acid phosphatase following the addition of molybdenum to molybdenum-deficient cultures of A. niger.
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PMID:Molybdenum nutrition of isolates of four Aspergillus species. 309 Dec 28

Immunological methods were used to obtain information about Escherichia coli heme proteins. There is a membrane-bound catalase which consists of a single subunit (as determined by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoretic analysis) which is also present in the soluble fraction. Antibodies raised against purified, soluble cytochrome b562 showed that this cytochrome is not related to any of the membrane-bound cytochromes, including the b562 component of the cytochrome o complex. Cytochrome b556 is immunologically unrelated to the cytochrome b556 NR associated with the nitrate reductase system. Cytochrome b556 and cytochrome o are not present in a constant ratio in the membrane.
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PMID:Immunological analysis of the heme proteins present in aerobically grown Escherichia coli. 637 39

The properties of 279 Ps. aeruginosa strains were studied in 70 tests. The use of a synthetic peptone-free mineral medium for the determination of sugar oxidation was shown to have advantages over the use of liquid Giess' media. Ps. aeruginosa cultures isolated from human patients, animals, soil and water were characterized by a number of common signs, irrespective of their origin. The strains isolated from human patients were resistant practically to all antibiotics widely used in clinical practice; the cultures isolated from soil and water retained their sensitivity to antibiotics; the strains isolated from animals retained sensitivity to some antibiotics. To identify Ps. aeruginosa in practical bacteriological laboratories, the following parameters should be determined: mobility; the character of growth in Levine's and Ploskirev's media; ability to grow at 42 degrees C and 4 degrees C; the fermentation of carbohydrates in Olkenitsky's medium and their oxidation in a mineral medium; indole and hydroxide sulfide production; the methyl red and Voges--Proskauer reaction; the presence of pigments, oxidase, catalase, gelatinase, nitrate reductase and arginine dehydrolase, urease; resistance to antibiotics.
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PMID:[Morphologic, cultural, and biochemical properties of cultures of Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolated from patients, animals, and the environment]. 679 19


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