Identification of acetic acid bacteria isolated in Thailand and assigned to the genus Acetobacter by groEL gene sequence analysis

• Published in: Annals of microbiology Vol. 65; no. 3; pp. 1557 - 1564
• Main Authors: Pitiwittayakul, Nittaya, Yukphan, Pattaraporn, Sintuprapa, Wilawan, Yamada, Yuzo, Theeragool, Gunjana
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.09.2015
• Subjects: acetic acid bacteria; Acetobacter; Applied Microbiology; Biomedical and Life Sciences; enrichment culture; flowers; fruits; gene sequence; genes; Life Sciences; Medical Microbiology; Microbial Ecology; Microbial Genetics and Genomics; Microbiology; mushrooms; Mycology; nucleotide sequences; Original Article; ribosomal RNA; rice products; sequence analysis; 16S rRNA gene sequences; strains; Acetic acid bacteria; gene sequences
• ISSN: 1590-4261; 1869-2044
• DOI: 10.1007/s13213-014-0994-9

Twenty-three strains of acetic acid bacteria were isolated by an enrichment culture approach from fruits, flowers, mushrooms, and fermented rice products collected in Thailand. All were assigned to the genus Acetobacter and examined taxonomically for 16S rRNA gene and groEL gene sequences. Based on analysis of 16S rRNA gene and groEL gene sequences, the strains isolated were divided into ten groups: Group 1 comprised four isolates identified as A. tropicalis, Group 2 consisted of three isolates identified as A. indonesiensis, Group 3 had two isolates identified as A. persici, Group 4 was two isolates (A. orientalis), Group 5 was one isolate (A. cibinongensis), Group 6 contained three isolates (A. pasteurianus), Group 7 was one isolate of A. papayae, Group 8 was two isolates identified as A. fabarum, Group 9 was one isolate of A. okinawensis, and Group 10 was four isolates identified as A. ghanensis.