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| Title |
Three Novel Species with Peptidoglycan Cell Walls form the New Genus Lacunisphaera gen. nov. in the Family Opitutaceae of the Verrucomicrobial Subdivision 4
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| Published in |
Frontiers in Microbiology, February 2017
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| DOI | 10.3389/fmicb.2017.00202 |
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| Authors |
Patrick Rast, Ines Glöckner, Christian Boedeker, Olga Jeske, Sandra Wiegand, Richard Reinhardt, Peter Schumann, Manfred Rohde, Stefan Spring, Frank O. Glöckner, Christian Jogler, Mareike Jogler |
| Abstract |
The cell wall of free-living bacteria consists of peptidoglycan (PG) and is critical for maintenance of shape as dissolved solutes cause osmotic pressure and challenge cell integrity. Surprisingly, the subdivision 4 of the phylum Verrucomicrobia appears to be exceptional in this respect. Organisms of this subdivision are described to be devoid of muramic or diaminopimelic acid (DAP), usually found as components of PG in bacterial cell walls. Here we describe three novel bacterial strains from a freshwater lake, IG15(T), IG16b(T), and IG31(T), belonging to a new genus in the subdivision 4 of Verrucomicrobia which we found to possess PG as part of their cell walls. Biochemical analysis revealed the presence of DAP not only in these novel strains, but also in Opitutus terrae PB90-1(T), the closest described relative of strains IG15(T), IG16b(T), and IG31(T). Furthermore, we found that nearly all genes necessary for peptidoglycan synthesis are present in genomes of subdivision 4 members, as well as in the complete genome sequence of strain IG16b(T). In addition, we isolated and visualized PG-sacculi for strain IG16b(T). Thus, our results challenge the concept of peptidoglycan-less free-living bacteria. Our polyphasic taxonomy approach places the novel strains in a new genus within the family Opitutaceae, for which the name Lacunisphaera gen. nov. is proposed. Strain designations for IG15(T), IG16b(T) and IG31(T) are Lacunisphaera parvula sp. nov. (=DSM 26814 = LMG 29468), L. limnophila sp. nov. (=DSM 26815 = LMG 29469) and L. anatis sp. nov. (=DSM 103142 = LMG 29578) respectively, with L. limnophila IG16b(T) being the type species of the genus. |
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| Country | Count | As % |
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| Netherlands | 2 | 29% |
| United States | 2 | 29% |
| Germany | 1 | 14% |
| Unknown | 2 | 29% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
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| Scientists | 6 | 86% |
| Members of the public | 1 | 14% |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
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| Germany | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 79 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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| Student > Ph. D. Student | 20 | 25% |
| Student > Master | 17 | 21% |
| Researcher | 13 | 16% |
| Student > Bachelor | 7 | 9% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 3 | 4% |
| Other | 9 | 11% |
| Unknown | 11 | 14% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 24 | 30% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 14 | 18% |
| Environmental Science | 13 | 16% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 8 | 10% |
| Chemistry | 3 | 4% |
| Other | 4 | 5% |
| Unknown | 14 | 18% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 6. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 22 February 2022.
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