International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology (2002), 52, 2291–2295 DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.02279-0

Nocardiopsis metallicus sp. nov., a metal- leaching actinomycete isolated from an alkaline slag dump

1 Bundesanstalt fu$ r Axel Schippers,1 Klaus Bosecker,1 Sabine Willscher,2 Cathrin Spro$ er,3 Geowissenschaften und 3 3 Rohstoffe, Stilleweg 2, Peter Schumann and Reiner M. Kroppenstedt D-30655 Hannover, Germany

2 Author for correspondence: Axel Schippers. Tel: j49 511 643 3103. Fax: j49 511 643 2304. Institut fu$ r e-mail: A.Schippers!bgr.de Abfallwirtschaft und Altlasten, TU Dresden, Pratzschwitzer Straße 15, D-01796 Pirna, Germany A taxonomic study was carried out on a metal-mobilizing, alkaliphilic bacterium from an alkaline slag dump, strain KBS6T. The strain produced 3 Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und substrate and aerial mycelia. Growth occurred in the pH range 70–105, with an Zellkulturen, Mascheroder optimum at pH 85. A salt concentration of up to 10% was tolerated, and Weg 1b, D-38124 various organic substrates were used for growth. The results of a 16S rDNA Braunschweig, Germany sequence comparison revealed that strain KBS6T belongs to the genus Nocardiopsis. DNA–DNA hybridization with the two closest relatives, Nocardiopsis exhalans and Nocardiopsis prasina, gave similarity values of 182 and 441%, respectively, which indicated that strain KBS6T represents a novel of the genus Nocardiopsis. This is consistent with the morphological, physiological and chemotaxonomic data. Because of the ability of this micro- organism to solubilize metals, the name Nocardiopsis metallicus sp. nov. is proposed for strain KBS6T (l DSM 44598T l NRRL B-24159T), this being the type strain.

Keywords: Nocardiopsis, Nocardiopsis metallicus sp. nov.

INTRODUCTION species of the genus Nocardiopsis. In this paper, a description of this species is given. Acidophilic and chemolithotrophic micro-organisms are well known for their bioleaching activities, proces- ses in which metals are mobilized from soils, ores and METHODS solid-waste material (Bosecker, 1997; Johnson, 1998; Strain and culture conditions. Strain KBS6T was isolated Brandl, 2001). Recently, Willscher & Bosecker (2001) from an alkaline slag dump associated with metallurgical showed that several alkaliphilic, heterotrophic micro- processing in Germany. Isolation was done at 30 mCby organisms show bioleaching activities. One such or- dilution plating on R2A agar for enrichment of soil (Reasoner & Geldreich, 1985). The agar medium contained ganism, which prefers light, alkaline conditions (pH −" 8 5) for growth, is a member of the genus Nocardiopsis the following (l deionized water): 0n5 g yeast extract, 0n5g n proteose peptone, 0 5 g Casamino acids, 0 5 g soluble starch, (Kroppenstedt, 1992). Although Nocardiopsis strains n n 0n3 g sodium pyruvate, 0n3gK#HPO%,0n05 g MgSO% ; 7H#O, have been isolated from indoor environments (Peltola 0n5 g glucose and 15 g agar. The pH was adjusted to 7n2 using et al., 2001), a composting facility (Ka$ mpfer et al., crystalline K#HPO% or KH#PO%. 2002) and even from clinical materials (Yassin et al., 1997), they are frequently isolated from alkaline soils For morphological studies, the organism was grown on R2A agar and standard nutrient agar I (Merck) amended with " (Mikami et al., 1982; Al-Tai & Ruan, 1994; Yassin et 10 g sucrose l− at 30 C. For physiological studies and al., 1993a; Chun et al., 2000; Evtushenko et al., 2000; m T chemotaxonomic analyses, the organism was grown in R2A Al-Zarban et al., 2002). In this study, strain KBS6 , medium, which consists of R2A agar but without agar. For isolated from an alkaline dump associated with metal- chemotaxonomic analyses, the cells were collected by filtra- lurgical processing in Germany, was subjected to tion or centrifugation, washed twice with water and freeze- taxonomic study and was found to represent a novel dried.

...... Physiology. All physiological tests were carried out in The EMBL accession number for the 16S rDNA sequence of Nocardiopsis triplicate at 30 mC unless other temperatures are indicated. metallicus sp. nov. KBS6T is AJ420769. The growth temperatures (10, 30 and 45 mC) and salt

02279 # 2002 IUMS Printed in Great Britain 2291 A. Schippers and others tolerance (at 5, 10, 15 and 20%, w\v, NaCl) were checked using R2A agar. For determination of the pH range, R2A medium was adjusted to different pH values using HCl or NaOH. After sterilization, the pH was checked again and adjusted before inoculation. For each pH value, three parallel assays were incubated on a rotary shaker. Optical density and pH were measured weekly after inoculation. For the carbon-utilization tests, a basal agar, described by Chun et al. (2000), was used and contained the following −" (l deionized water): 1 g (NH%)#SO%,7gK#HPO%,2g KH#PO%,0n1 g MgSO%, 10 g NaCl and 12 g agar. The pH was adjusted to 9n0 using NaOH or HCl before sterilization. Each sterile, filtered substrate was added to a final concen- tration of 1%. In the case of the nitrogen compounds - alanine, gelatin, proline and serine, the (NH%)#SO% in the basal agar was omitted. The plates were checked weekly for growth. Chemotaxonomy. Amino acid and sugar analyses of whole- ...... cell hydrolysates were performed as described by Stanek & Fig. 1. Phylogenetic dendrogram based on 16S rDNA sequence Roberts (1974). The occurrence of mycolic acids was checked analysis, showing the phylogenetic position of N. metallicus sp. nov. KBS6T compared with the other species of the genus by TLC according to the procedure of Minnikin et al. (1975). Nocardiopsis. The sequences of Actinomadura madurae DSM Polar lipids were extracted, examined by two-dimensional 43067T (X97889) and Micromonospora coerulea DSM 43143T TLC and identified using published procedures (Minnikin et (X92598) served as outside references. Bootstrap values " 85% al., 1984). Fatty acid methyl esters were prepared from are indicated at the relevant branching points. Bar, 5 40–80 mg wet cells (Miller, 1982; Sasser, 1990). Mixtures of nucleotide substitutions per 100 nucleotides. fatty acid methyl esters were analysed by capillary GC, using a Hewlett Packard model 5898A gas chromatograph run using Microbial Identification software (Microbial ID). 16S rDNA sequence determination and phylogenetic analy- ses. Genomic DNA extraction, PCR-mediated amplification with straight spore chains occurred. These morpho- of the 16S rDNA and purification of PCR products were logical characteristics are consistent with those de- carried out as described previously (Rainey et al., 1996). scribed for Nocardiopsis species (Kroppenstedt, 1992). Purified PCR products were sequenced with Taq Dye-deoxy terminator cycle sequencing kits (Applied Biosystems) ac- cording to the manufacturer’s protocol. An Applied Biosys- tems 373A DNA sequencer was used for electrophoresis of Phylogenetic analysis the sequence reaction products. The ae2 editor (Maidak et The almost complete 16S rDNA sequence of strain al., 1999) was used to align the 16S rDNA sequence T determined in this study against 16S rDNA sequences of KBS6 , consisting of 1488 nt, was compared with representatives of the main bacterial lineages available from sequences of members of the order Actinomycetales. public databases. Pairwise evolutionary distances were Members of the genus Nocardiopsis were the closest computed using the correction of Jukes & Cantor (1969). phylogenetic neighbours. Pairwise similarity values The least-squares distance method of De Soete (1983) was ranged between 95n6% (Nocardiopsis trehalosi NRRL T used in construction of the phylogenetic dendrogram from 12026 ) and 99n4% (Nocardiopsis exhalans DSM T distance matrices. Bootstrap analysis was done as described 44407 ). Pairwise similarity values of " 97% were by Felsenstein (1993). also found for Nocardiopsis prasina DSM 43845T T Determination of DNA–DNA similarities and GjC content. (99n3%), DSM 43377 (98n6%), T DNA was isolated by chromatography on hydroxyapatite DSM 40297 (98n4%), Nocar- by the procedure of Cashion et al. (1977). DNA–DNA T diopsis lucentensis DSM 44048 (98n2%),Nocardiopsis hybridization was carried out as described by De Ley et al. T umidischolae DSM 44362 (98n1%), Nocardiopsis syn- (1970), with the modification described by Huß et al. (1983) T nemataformans DSM 44143 (97n7%), Nocardiopsis and Escara & Hutton (1980). A Gilford System model 2600 T dassonvillei DSM 43111 (97n7%), Nocardiopsis tro- spectrometer equipped with a Gilford model 2527-R T pica VKM Ac-1457 (97n6%) and Nocardiopsis haloto- thermoprogrammer and plotter was used. Renaturation T rates were computed with the . program of lerans DSM 44410 (97n0%). The phylogenetic tree of Jahnke (1992). The GjC content was determined by HPLC Nocardiopsis species is shown in Fig. 1. The closest of deoxyribonucleosides by using the method of Mesbah phylogenetic neighbours of strain KBS6T are N. et al. (1989). exhalans DSM 44407T and N. prasina DSM 43845T. The DNA of these two strains was hybridized against RESULTS AND DISCUSSION DNA of strain KBS6T. The DNA–DNA relatedness of T T strain KBS6 to N. exhalans DSM 44407 was 18n2% Morphological characteristics T and to N. prasina DSM 43845 was 44n1%. These Strain KBS6T showed weak growth on agar plates and values were far below the value of 70% recommended in liquid medium. On agar plates, a yellow-brown by Wayne et al. (1987) for strains of the same species. T substrate mycelium formed, and white aerial mycelium The GjC content of strain KBS6 was 70n8mol%.

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Table 1. Substrate utilization by N. metallicus sp. nov. Table 2. Whole-cell fatty acid compositions of N. and the phylogenetically most closely related species metallicus sp. nov. and the phylogenetically most closely ...... related species Data for N. exhalans and N. prasina were taken from Yassin ...... et al. (1997) and Peltola et al. (2001). j, Substrate utilized Values are percentages of total fatty acids. Data for N. for growth; ksubstrate not utilized for growth; , not exhalans and N. prasina were taken from Peltola et al. (2001). determined. All three strains utilized acetate, gluconate, - glucose, -maltose, -proline, -trehalose and -xylose. None Fatty acid N. metallicus N. exhalans N. prasina of the strains utilized 3-hydroxybenzoate or inositol. KBS6T DSM 44407T DSM 43845T Substrate N. metallicus N. exhalans N. prasina 16:0 1n01n92n3 KBS6T DSM 44407T DSM 43845T 17:0 ! 1n01n92n1 18:0 3n79n15n5 -Alanine kjj 19:0 ! 1n0 ! 1n0 ! 1n0 Cellobiose  j k 14:0 iso 1n93n41n1 -Galactose jkk 15:0 iso 1n05n01n3 Gelatin  j j 15:0 anteiso 4n110n24n1 Mannitol  j k 16:0 iso 25n622n020n9 Raffinose   k 16:0 10-methyl ! 1n0 ! 1n01n1 -Rhamnose jjk 17:0 iso 3n54n43n3 Sucrose   j 17:0 anteiso 14n710n717n7 -Serine kjj 17:0 10-methyl 2n53n39n3 18:0 iso 5n51n93n7 18:0 10-methyl 5n812n121n3 19:0 anteiso ! 1n0 ! 1n0 ! 1n0 Physiological characteristics 16:1 1n0 ! 1n0 ! 1n0 T 17:1 4n31n61n9 Strain KBS6 was able to dissolve metals from 18:1 22n58n44n4 siliceous, alkaline dump material (Willscher & Bosecker, 2001). This ability has not been described previously for any other Nocardiopsis strain (Kroppen- stedt & Evtushenko, 2002). Growth occurred in the pH range 7n0–10n5, with optimal growth at pH 8n5. Strain (Lechevalier et al., 1977). This phospholipid pattern is KBS6T grew on R2A agar supplemented with up to also found in species of the genera Actinopolyspora, 10% (w\v) NaCl. No growth occurred at 15% (w\v) Saccharopolyspora and Pseudonocardia. However, NaCl. Optimal growth was observed at 30 mC. Scant Nocardiopsis strains are easily differentiated from these growth was obtained at 10 mC, but there was no growth taxa by the occurrence of phosphatidylmethylethanol- at 40 mC. Further physiological characteristics of strain amine, large amounts of phosphatidylglycerol and the KBS6T and of the phylogenetically closest related lack of hydroxyphosphatidylethanolamine. In addi- species N. exhalans and N. prasina are given in Table 1. tion, unknown phospholipids with high Rf values The substrate-utilization pattern of strain KBS6T is (above diphosphatidylglycerol) were detected. These different from those of the other two Nocardiopsis unknown phospholipids are of diagnostic value and, species. to date, have only been found in Nocardiopsis species (Kroppenstedt, 1992). The taxonomic value of other ‘non-diagnostic’ phospholipids has been mentioned Chemotaxonomic characteristics by Yassin et al. (1993b). T Whole-cell hydrolysates contained meso-diaminopi- The whole-cell fatty acid compositions of strain KBS6 melic acid as the only diamino acid of the peptido- and of the phylogenetically most closely related spe- glycan and ribose as the only sugar. Diagnostic sugars cies, N. exhalans and N. prasina, are given in Table 2. T such as arabinose, xylose and madurose (Lechevalier In general, the fatty acid profile of strain KBS6 is et al., 1971), rhamnose (Labeda et al., 1984) and characteristic of members of the genus Nocardiopsis mycolic acids were not detected. (type 3d fatty acids according to Kroppenstedt, 1985), but the composition of the fatty acids of strain KBS6T The polar lipid pattern was composed of the diagnostic is different from those of the other two Nocardiopsis diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylglycerol, phos- species. phatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylmethylethanol- amine, phosphatidylinositol, phosphatidylinositol In summary, the chemotaxonomic properties of strain mannoside, phosphatidylcholine and unknown phos- KBS6T are consistent with its classification in the pholipids with high Rf values (above diphosphatidyl- genus Nocardiopsis (Kroppenstedt, 1992). On the basis glycerol). The phospholipid pattern is type PIII, with of all the results, we propose strain KBS6T as the type phosphatidylcholine as the characteristic phospholipid strain of a novel species of the genus Nocardiopsis. http://ijs.sgmjournals.org 2293 A. Schippers and others

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