Molecular phylogenetic analysis
16S rRNA gene sequence analysis showed that strain YIM 93776T was related most closely to the type strains of Glycomyces albus (97.6 % similarity), Glycomyces lacisalsi (97.0 % similarity), Glycomyces anabasis (96.2 % similarity). Lower levels of 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity (92.0-95.1 %) were found with the type strains of all other type species within the genus Glycomyces. These values were below the 98.7 % cutoff point recommended for recognition of genomic species which need not to do DNA-DNA hybridization experiments (Jongsik et al. 2018). The neighbour-joining phylogenetic tree based on 16S rRNA gene sequences indicated strain YIM 93776T formed a branch distinct from those of their related species (Fig. 1). This relationship was supported by a high level of bootstrap support. The topologies of phylogenetic trees constructed with the maximum-likelihood and maximum-parsimony algorithms were similar to that of the tree reconstructed by neighbour-joining analysis (Supplementary information Fig. S1, S2). The draft genome of strain YIM 93776T is 5.36 Mbp long with a 69.5 mol% G + C content. The phylogeomic tree also supported that strain YIM 93776T formed a distinct phylogenetic lineage within the genus Glycomyces (Supplementary information Fig. S3). These results indicated that strain YIM 93776T should be considered as a separate novel species.
Phenotypic, physiological and biochemical characteristics
Growth of strain YIM 93776T was observed at pH 5.5–11 (optimum 8) and in the presence of 5–13 % (w/v) NaCl. The temperature range for growth was 25–45°C, with optimum growth at 37°C. Strain YIM 93776T grew well on Czapek’s agar and NA and moderately well on ISP 2, ISP 3, ISP 4, ISP 5 and PDA media (10 %, w/v NaCl). White substrate mycelia developed well on the above media. Aerial mycelium was white and abundantly produced on Czapek’s and NA media, but absent on ISP 2, ISP 3, ISP 4 and ISP 5 media. Diffusible pigments or melanin were not observed on any test media. When strain YIM 93776T grown on Czapek’s agar containing 10% (w/v) NaCl, fragmented substrate were observated on 7 days and aerial hyphae with fragmentation was detected on 28 days. The mobility of spores was not observed (Supplementary information Fig. S4). The detailed physiological characteristics of strain YIM 93776T are presented in Table 1, Table S1 and in the species description.
Chemotaxonomic characteristics
Strains YIM 93776T contained meso-diaminopimelic acid as the cell-wall diamino acid, which was consistent with membership of the genus Glycomyces. The whole-cell sugar patterns of strain YIM 93776T contained galactose, mannose, arabinase, glucose and ribose, which differed slightly from reports for recognized species of the genus Glycomyces (Labeda et al. 2004) in that the novel strain did not contain xylose. The predominant menaquinones were MK-9 (H4) (50.3 %) and MK-10 (H4) (41.81 %). Major fatty acids (> 10 %) of strain YIM 93776T were anteiso-C17:0, iso-C15:0, iso-C16:0, anteiso-C15:0, and anteiso C17:1 A (Supplementary information Table S2). The polar lipids profiles of strain YIM 93776T were diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylinositol, two phosphatidylglyceride, two unidentified phospholipids and two unidentified polar lipids (Supplementary information Fig. S5).
The phylogenetic data indicate that strain YIM 93776T represents a novel species in the genus Glycomyces. In addition, the morphological and chemotaxonomic characteristics clearly differentiate strain YIM 93776T from other related species of genus Glycomyces (Table 1). Strain YIM 93776T contained glucose, mannose, ribose, arabinose and galactose, but no xylose which Glycomyces albus does contain. In conclusion, on the basis of phylogenetic analysis, chemotaxonomic data and phenotypic traits, strain YIM 93776T is considered to represent a novel species in the genus Glycomyces, for which the name Glycomyces salinus sp. nov. is proposed.
Description of Glycomyces salinus sp. nov.
Glycomyces salinus (sa.li′nus. N.L. masc. adj. salinus salted, saline)
Aerobic, Gram-stain-positive actinomycete. Aerial mycelium develops well on Czapek’s and NA media. Soluble pigments are not produced. Aerial mycelium is long and fragmented with no branches. Aesculin, Tweens 20 and 40 were hydrolysed, but Tweens 80, starch and cellulose was not. Nitrate reduction, milk coagulation and peptonization, H2S production, gelatin liquefaction and urease are negative. Temperature range for growth is 25–45°C with the optimum at 37°C; pH range for growth is pH 5.5–11.0 and the optimum is pH 8; NaCl tolerance range for growth is 5–13 % (w/v) NaCl and the optimum is 10 % (w/v) NaCl. D-mannitol, maltitol, maltose, α-lactose, fructose and α-D-glucose are utilized as sole carbon sources. L-phenylalanine, adenine, glycine, L-methionine, L-threonine, aspartic acid, L-lysine, arginine, L-tyrosine, L-asparagine and alanine are utilized as sole nitrogen sources. Results from API 50CH tests showed that acids produced from erythritol, D-arabinose, L-arabinose, D-ribose, D-xylose, D-galactose, D-glucose, fructose, D-mannose, L-rhamnose, inositol, arbutin, esculin ferric citrate, salicin, D-cellobiose, D-maltose, D-saccharose, D-trehalose, D-melezitose, Amidon, glycogen, D-tagatose, D-fucose, L-fucose, potassium 5-ketogluconate. For enzyme activities (API ZYM system), it is positive for α-glucosidase, naphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase. Contains meso-diaminopimelic acid as the diamino acid. The whole-cell sugar pattern consists of galactose, mannose, arabinase, glucose and ribose. The polar lipids pattern consists of diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylinositol, two phosphatidylglyceride, two unidentified phospholipids and two unidentified polar. The predominant menaquinones are MK-9 (H4) and MK-10 (H4). Major cellular fatty acids are anteiso-C17:0, iso-C15:0, iso-C16:0, anteiso-C15:0, and anteiso C17:1 A.
The type strain, YIM 93776T (KCTC 49430T = CGMCC 4.7685T), was isolated from a hyper-saline sediment sample obtained from Aiding Lake in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Northwest China. The DNA G + C content of the type strain is 69.5 mol%.