ISSN:
1432-072X
Keywords:
Dimethylsulfoniopropionate
;
Dimethylsulfide
;
DMSP lyase
;
marine bacteria
;
α-Proteobacteria
;
Roseobacter denitrificans
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Biology
Notes:
Abstract A bacterium which cleaves dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP) to form dimethylsulfide (DMS) was isolated from surface Sargasso Sea water by a DMSP enrichment technique. The isolate, here designated LFR, is a Gram-negative, obligately aerobic, rod-shaped, carotenoid-containing bacterium with a DNA G+C content of 70%. Sequencing and comparison of its 16S ribosomal ribonucleic acid (rRNA) with that of known eubacteria revealed highest similarity (91% unrestricted sequence similarity) to Roseobacter denitrificans (formerly Erythrobacter species strain OCh114), an aerobic, bacteriochlorophyll-containing marine representative of the α-Proteobacteria. However, physiological differences between the two bacteria, and the current lack of other characterized close relatives, preclude assignment of strain LFR to the Roseobacter genus. Screening of fifteen characterized marine bacteria revealed only one, Pseudomonas doudoroffii, capable of degrading DMSP to DMS. Strain LFR is deposited with the American Type Culture Collection (ATCC 51258) and 16S rRNA sequence data are available under GenBank accession number 15345.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00292083
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