Ke Huang
Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Conservation and Utilization of Hunan Province, College of Biological Resource and Environment Science, Jishou University, Jishou 416000, ChinaLi Zhang
Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Conservation and Utilization of Hunan Province, College of Biological Resource and Environment Science, Jishou University, Jishou 416000, ChinaZhuxiang Liu
Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Conservation and Utilization of Hunan Province, College of Biological Resource and Environment Science, Jishou University, Jishou 416000, ChinaQihui Chen
Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Conservation and Utilization of Hunan Province, College of Biological Resource and Environment Science, Jishou University, Jishou 416000, ChinaQingzhong Peng
Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Conservation and Utilization of Hunan Province, College of Biological Resource and Environment Science, Jishou University, Jishou 416000, ChinaWenjun Li
Key Laboratory for Microbial Resources of the Ministry of Education, Yunnan Institute of Microbiology, Yunnan University, Kunming 650091, ChinaXiaolong Cui
Key Laboratory for Microbial Resources of the Ministry of Education, Yunnan Institute of Microbiology, Yunnan University, Kunming 650091, ChinaYiguang Chen
Key Laboratory for Microbial Resources of the Ministry of Education, Yunnan Institute of Microbiology, Yunnan University, Kunming 650091, ChinaSupported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (30860013), the Key Projects of International Cooperation (2007DFB31620), Construct Program of the Key Discipline in Hunan Province (JSS2009Z01) and Jishou University (jsdxkyzz200811, 08JDY017
Abstract: [Objective] To investigate the diversity of culturable bacteria isolated from the sea urchin Hemicentrotus pulcherrimus collected from a tidal flat of Naozhou Island (20°52′N–20°56′N 110°33′E–110°38′E), Leizhou Bay, South China Sea, China. [Methods] Bacterium strains were isolated from the sample by using conventional culture-dependent method and were then investigated by using phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequence comparisons. [Results] We isolated 106 bacterium strains from the sample on media (Difco marine 2216, International Streotomyces Project medium 2, nutrient, sea water and humic acid agars) supplemented with 0~2 mol/L NaCl. On the basis of some morphological, physiological and biochemical characteristics, we selected 34 strains to perform a phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences. Our results showed that 34 isolates represented 21 species, belonging to 17 genera (Alteromonas, Bacillus, Brachybacterium, Brevibacterium, Halobacillus, Halomonas, Nocardiopsis, Oceanobacillus, Piscibacillus, Planococcus, Pontibacillus, Pseudoalteromonas, Pseudonocardia, Salinicoccus, Salinivibrio, Staphylococcus, Vibrio, Virgibacillus) of 10 families (Alteromonadaceae, Bacillaceae, Brevibacteriaceae, Dermabacteraceae, Halomonadaceae, Planococcaceae, Pseudoalteromonadaceae, Pseudonocardiaceae, Nocardiopsaceae, Staphylococcaceae, Vibrionaceae) in three phylogenetic groups (Actinobacteria, Firmicutes, Gamma-Proteobacteria). The most abundant and diverse isolates were within the phylum Firmicutes (58.8%) and the subphylum Gamma-Proteobacteria (26.5%). The phylogenetic distance matrix results suggested that there were obvious genetic divergences between most isolates and their closestly related type strains (16s rRNA gene sequence similarities ranged from 99.6 to 99.9%), and that, out of 34 isolates, at least 5 strains (JSM076033, JSM076056, JSM076093, JSM078063, JSM078169) could represent 5 potential new species within 5 characterized genera (Jeotgalicoccus, Pontibacillu, Halomonas, Bacillus, Sporosarcina), in which the descriptions of 3 novel species [Jeotgalicoccus marinus (type strain, JSM 076033), Pontibacillus halophilus (JSM 076056), Halomonas zhanjiangensis (JSM 078169)] have been published in IJSEM (International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology). [Conclusion] The results presented above showed that there are abundant bacteria diversity in the sea urchin Hemicentrotus pulcherrimus collected from Naozhou Island.
Ke Huang, Li Zhang, Zhuxiang Liu, Qihui Chen, Qingzhong Peng, Wenjun Li, Xiaolong Cui, Yiguang Chen. Diversity of culturable bacteria associated with the sea urchin Hemicentrotus pulcherrimus from Naozhou Island. [J]. Acta Microbiologica Sinica, 2009, 49(11): 1424-1429
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