Meiothermus rosaceus sp nov isolated from Tengchong hot spring in Yunnan, China

A rosy-pigmented Gram-negative, thermophilic bacterium with an optimum growth temperature of about 55degreesC was isolated from Tengchong hot springs in Yunnan province, China. Its growth scarcely occurred below 40degreesC or above 70degreesC. Phylogenetic and secondary structural analyses of 16S rRNA and DNA-DNA hybridization showed that the organism represented a new species of the genus Meiothermus. This new species could be distinguished easily from other species of the genus Meiothermus by the following phenotypic characteristics: rosy pigment, expanded body, sucrose and maltose were not utilized, gelatin and starch were not hydrolyzed. On the basis of the above data, the name Meiothermus rosaceus sp. nov. was proposed for the species represented by the strain RH9901(T)(CCTCC-AB200291). (C) 2002 Federation of European Microbiological Societies. Published by Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.

玫瑰亚栖热菌RH9901 菌株产红色色素的研究

　从腾冲热海分离到最高生长温度达70 ℃的1 株嗜热非芽孢菌RH9901 菌株,鉴定为玫瑰亚栖热菌 新种( Meiothermus rosaceus) 。对其所产色素进行吸收光谱扫描及薄层层析分析表明为类胡萝卜素。振荡培 养在菌体生物量和色素产量上均高于静置培养,培养至50 h 菌体生长量和色素产量达到最大值,菌体色素产 量为1. 147 mg/ g 干重。