Isolation and Identification of a Purple, Non-Sulfur Bacterium from Korea Coast

A species of facultative photo-organotrophic, purple, non-sulfur bacterium was isolated from the west coast and the south coast 47 area of Korea at 2001 September. Separated 13 samples of changes with red color under $28{\sim}32\;^{\circ}C$, 3000 lux, anaerobe conditions for 7 days cultivated in Basal medium. For a pure isolation from 13 samples it used agar-shake tube method (0.4 % agar) and it separated 5 strains through 13-repetition test. The RAPD(Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA)-PCR result of strains (EGH-9, EGH-13, EGH-23, EGH-24, EGH-30) that EGH-24 and EGH-30 was same strain. For wastewater biodegradation test that 4 isolation strains cultivated in synthesis wastewater in 7 days. EGH-24 was high 63000 mg/L (CODcr) to 43400 mg/L (CODcr). EGH-24 was selected with efficient wast water treated strain. Based on the results obtained from morphology, nutrient requirements, major bacteriochlorophyll content, 165-rDNA phylogenetic analysis, this strain may be identified as a new strain of the genus Rhodobacter and named Rhodobacter sp. EGH-24.

한국의 서해안과 남해안 47개소의 해수와 mud 시료로부터 광합성세균으로 유추되는 13개의 균주를 분리하였고, agar-shake tube method와 RAPD-PCR을 이용하여 4종의 서로 다른 균주를 순수분리 하였다. 이들 4종의 균주 중 폐수분해능이 우수한 균주를 선정하여, 형태학적, 배양적, 생화학적 특성 및 16S rRNA sequencing에 의한 동정을 실시하였고, 그 결과 purple, non-sulfur bacteria의 Rhodobacter 속에 가장 근접하여, Rhodobacter sp. EGH-24로 명명하였다. Rhodobacter sp. EGH-24가 생산하는 carotenoid 색소는 spheroidene(group 2)이였고, bacteriochlorophyll a를 가지고 있었으며, PHB를 생산하는 것으로 확인되었다.