Journal Article
Lignipirellula cremea gen. nov., sp. nov., a planctomycete isolated from wood particles in a brackish river estuary
Stijn H. Peeters; Sandra Wiegand; Nicolai Kallscheuer; Mareike Jogler; Anja Heuer; Mike S. M. Jetten; Christian Boedeker; Manfred Rohde; Christian Jogler
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek · Vol. 113, Issue 12 · pp. 1863-1875 · 2020
Abstract
A novel planctomycetal strain, designated Pla85_3_4 T , was isolated from the surface of wood incubated at the discharge of a wastewater treatment plant in the Warnow river near Rostock, Germany. Cells of the novel strain have a cell envelope architecture resembling that of Gram-negative bacteria, are round to pear-shaped (length: 2.2 ± 0.4 µm, width: 1.2 ± 0.3 µm), form aggregates and divide by polar budding. Colonies have a cream colour. Strain Pla85_3_4 T grows at ranges of 10–30 °C (optimum 26 °C) and at pH 6.5–10.0 (optimum 7.5), and has a doubling time of 26 h. Phylogenetically, strain Pla85_3_4 T (DSM 103796 T = LMG 29741 T ) is concluded to represent a novel species of a novel genus within the family Pirellulaceae , for which we propose the name Lignipirellula cremea gen. nov., sp. nov.