Kroppenstedtia Pulmonis Sp. Nov. and Kroppenstedtia Sanguinis Sp. Nov., Isolated from Human Patients
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Antonie van Leeuwenhoek (2016) 109:603–610 DOI 10.1007/s10482-016-0663-z ORIGINAL PAPER Kroppenstedtia pulmonis sp. nov. and Kroppenstedtia sanguinis sp. nov., isolated from human patients Melissa E. Bell . Brent A. Lasker . Hans-Peter Klenk . Lesley Hoyles . Catherine Spro¨er . Peter Schumann . June M. Brown Received: 30 September 2015 / Accepted: 2 February 2016 / Published online: 24 February 2016 Ó Springer International Publishing Switzerland (outside the USA) 2016 Abstract Three human clinical strains (W9323T, relatedness was 94.6 %, confirming that X0209T and X0209T and X0394) isolated from a lung biopsy, blood X0394 belong to the same species. Chemotaxonomic and cerebral spinal fluid, respectively, were charac- data for strains W9323T and X0209T were consistent terised using a polyphasic taxonomic approach. Com- with those described for the members of the genus parative analysis of the 16S rRNA gene sequences Kroppenstedtia: the peptidoglycan was found to con- showed the three strains belong to two novel branches tain LL-diaminopimelic acid; the major cellular fatty within the genus Kroppenstedtia: 16S rRNA gene acids were identified as iso-C15 and anteiso-C15; and sequence analysis of W9323T showed close sequence the major menaquinone was identified as MK-7. similarity to Kroppenstedtia eburnea JFMB-ATET Differences in endospore morphology, carbon source (95.3 %), Kroppenstedtia guangzhouensis GD02T utilisation profiles, and cell wall sugar patterns of (94.7 %) and strain X0209T (94.6 %); sequence anal- strains W9323T and X0209T, supported by phyloge- ysis of strain X0209T showed close sequence similarity netic analysis, enabled us to conclude that the strains to K. eburnea JFMB-ATET (96.4 %) and K. each represent a new species within the genus Krop- guangzhouensis GD02T (96.0 %). Strains X0209T penstedtia, for which the names Kroppenstedtia pul- and X0394 were 99.9 % similar to each other by 16S monis sp. nov. (type strain W9323T = DSM rRNA gene sequence analysis. The DNA–DNA 45752T = CCUG 68107T) and Kroppenstedtia & M. E. Bell ( ) C. Spro¨er Á P. Schumann Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Building 17, Leibniz-Institute DSMZ-German Collection of Room 2209, Mailstop D-11, 1600 Clifton Road, Atlanta, Microorganisms and Cell Cultures, 38124 Brunswick, GA 30333, USA Germany e-mail: [email protected] L. Hoyles B. A. Lasker Á J. M. Brown Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Science & Bacterial Special Pathogens Branch, Division of High- Technology, University of Westminster, 115 New Consequence Pathogens and Pathology, National Center Cavendish Street, London W1W 6UW, UK for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Disease, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA H.-P. Klenk Head of School, School of Biology, Newcastle University, Ridley Building 2, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU, UK 123 604 Antonie van Leeuwenhoek (2016) 109:603–610 sanguinis sp. nov. (type strain X0209T = DSM Special Bacteriology Reference Laboratory (SBRL), 45749T = CCUG 38657T) are proposed. Atlanta, GA. Genotypic and phenotypic data suggest that strain W9323T represents a new species, for which Keywords Kroppenstedtia species Á Kroppenstedtia we propose the name Kroppenstedtia pulmonis sp. pulmonis Á Kroppenstedtia sanguinis Á Polyphasic nov., and that strains X0209T and X0394 both taxonomy Á 16S rRNA gene Á Thermoactinomycetes represent another new species, for which we propose the name Kroppenstedtia sanguinis sp. nov. Introduction Materials and methods The family Thermoactinomycetaceae was established to Bacterial strains accommodate new taxa (Mechercharimyces spp.) and the previously described genera Thermoactinomyces, Strain X0209T was obtained from the Culture Collec- Laceyella, Thermoflavimicrobium, Seinonella and tion University of Go¨teborg (CCUG), Go¨teborg, Swe- Planifilum (Matsuo et al. 2006). The family now den as ‘Thermoactinomyces sanguinis’(CCUG encompasses 19 genera, with representatives isolated 38657T). Two strains, W9323T and X0394, were sent from clinical specimens (e.g. Desmospora, Marinither- to the SBRL, Centers for Disease Control and Preven- mofilum, Hazenella) or environmental sources (e.g. tion for identification. K. eburnea DSM 45196T was Mechercharimyces, Lihuaxuella, Geothermomicrobium used as a phenotypic, chemotaxonomic and genetic and Risungbinella) (Matsuo et al. 2006; Yassin et al. control and K. guangzhouensis GD02T and Melghir- 2009;Yuetal.2012;Bussetal.2013;Zhouetal.2014; imyces algeriensis NariEXT were used as chemotaxo- Kim et al. 2015; Zhang et al. 2015). Salient properties of nomic and genetic controls throughout this study. The the family Thermoactinomycetaceae include thermo- GenBank accession numbers for the 16S rRNA gene tolerant growth up to 60 °C, Gram positivity, non-acid sequences and the patients’ data associated with these fastness and formation of single spores that may be strains are given in Table 1. sessile or on simple sporophores with the structure and properties of endospores. The description of the family Phenotypic analyses was emended by establishing the 16S rRNA gene sequence signature nucleotides appropriate for supra- Morphological, cultural, physiological generic assignment (Yassin et al. 2009). Von Jan et al. and biochemical analyses (2011) further emended the description of the family Thermoactinomycetaceae (to contain either LL-di- To examine morphologic features, strains were grown aminopimelic acid or meso-diaminopimelic acid) when aerobically using brain heart infusion (BHI) broth, they described a new genus and species, Kroppenstedtia heart infusion agar (HIA; Becton, Dickinson and Co, eburnea, that contains the isomer LL-diaminopimelic Sparks, MD) supplemented with 5 % rabbit blood, acid in its peptidoglycan. HIA slants, trypticase soy agar (TSA) supplemented Kroppenstedtia species have been isolated from with 5 % sheep blood (Becton, Dickinson and Co) at environmental and clinical sources. Although the type 35 and 45 °C for 3 to 7 days and then examined for strain of K. eburnea was isolated from an environ- microscopic and macroscopic features. Gram and mental source (a plastic surface in a contract manu- modified Kinyoun acid-fast staining were conducted facturing company in Germany), Barker et al. (2012) as described previously (Berd 1973). Cultures were identified 14 strains of this species in clinical samples examined for optimal growth at 35, 45, 50 and 60 °C (blood, skin, peritoneal fluid, cerebral spinal fluid) in for 7 days on HIA slants with 5 % rabbit blood. the United States. Another species, Kroppenstedtia Optimal growth was determined by comparative guangzhouensis, was isolated from soil in south China observation of the amount of cell mass produced at (Yang et al. 2013). Three human clinical strains of each temperature. All phenotypic studies were per- Kroppenstedtia species were identified in a retrospec- formed under optimal growth conditions (at 45 °Cin tive evaluation of 16S rRNA gene sequences at the air). 123 Antonie van Leeuwenhoek (2016) 109:603–610 605 Table 1 Strains used in this study Strain Date received or Source Geographic GenBank accession reference source number of 16S rRNA gene Kroppenstedtia eburnea (DSM 45196T) von Jan et al. (2011) Plastic surface Germany FN665656 K. guangzhouensis (GD02T) Yang et al. (2013) Soil China KC311557 Melghirimyces algeriensis (NariEXT) Addou et al. (2012) Soil from salt lake Algeria HQ383683 W9323T 2008 Lung, 78-year-old male New York, USA KC875234 X0209T 1997 Blood, 59-year-old male Ga¨vle, Sweden AJ251778 X0394 2010 CSF, 16-year-old female Quebec, Canada KC875233 Decomposition tests for adenine, casein, esculin, analysed by the method of Minnikin et al. (1984). hypoxanthine, tyrosine, urea and xanthine, utilisation Analysis of isoprenoid quinones by HPLC was of 22 carbohydrates as sole source of carbon, utilisa- performed as described by Kroppenstedt (1982, tion of acetamide and citrate, arylsulfatase production 1985). Cellular fatty acids were prepared by the and nitrate reduction and growth in the presence of method of Klatte et al. (1994) and the fatty acid methyl lysozyme were performed as described previously esters were then separated as described by Sasser (Conville and Witebsky 2007; Conville et al. 2008; (1990) using the Microbial Identification System Weyant et al. 1996; Yassin et al. 1995). The decom- (MIDI, Inc., Sherlock version 6.1). Standardisation position of casein was compared with casein plus of the physiological age of the study and reference 0.5 % NaCl as described by von Jan et al. (2011). strains was obtained by choosing the sector from a quadrant streak of culture plates. Antimicrobial susceptibility testing Genetic analyses Since no guidelines were available for the genus Kroppenstedtia, the MICs to 10 antimicrobial agents 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis were determined following interpretative breakpoints as recommended for aerobic actinomycetes (Clinical Purification of whole-cell DNA, amplification of near and Laboratory Standards Institute 2011) for amikacin, full-length 16S rRNA gene fragments, primers and amoxicillin-clavulanate, ceftriaxone, ciprofloxacin, nucleotides for PCR, purification of amplicons and clarithromycin, imipenem, linezolid, minocycline, DNA cycle sequencing were described previously moxifloxacin and trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole; the (Lasker et al. 2011). Consensus 16S rRNA gene interpretive breakpoint for ampicillin used was that sequences were assembled and edited using recommended for Enterobacteriaceae (Clinical and Sequencher version 4.10.1