Heyndrickxia

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Heyndrickxia
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Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Bacillota
Class: Bacilli
Order: Bacillales
Family: Bacillaceae
Genus: Heyndrickxia
Gupta et al. 2020
Species

Information based from LPSN 2021

Heyndrickxia is a genus of gram-positive rod-shaped bacteria (except for Heyndrickxiasporothermodurans, which stains gram-negative) in the family Bacillaceae within the order Bacillales . [1] [2] The type species for this genus is Heyndrickxia oleronia. [3]

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Members of Heyndrickxia were originally assigned to the genus Bacillus. The polyphyletic nature and unclear evolutionary relationships of the genus Bacillus has long been a topic in the scientific community. [4] [5] It was composed of many unrelated species with a diverse range of biochemical characteristics due to the vague criteria (such as the ability to form endospores under aerobic conditions) used to assign species to this genus. [6] Multiple phylogenetic studies and comparative genomic analyses have been conducted to clarify the taxonomy of genus, resulting in the restriction of Bacillus to only include species closely related to Bacillus subtilis and Bacillus cereus , [7] [1] and the establishment of many novel genera such as Virgibacillus, Solibacillus, Brevibacillus and Ectobacillus . [8] [9] [10] [1]  

The name Heyndrickxia was chosen to celebrate Professor Marc Heyndrickx (University of Gent) for his contributions to the field of microbiology and his research on Bacillus species. [1]

Biochemical characteristics and molecular signatures

Members of the genus Heyndrickxia are aerobic, endospore-forming bacteria. Most species are motile and generally catalase- and oxidase-positive. The main isolation source for this genus is in dairy or dairy production facilities, such as in raw milk and feed concentrate for cattle. Heyndrickxia can survive in temperatures ranging from 20 to 55 °C (68 to 131 °F), but optimal growth occurs in the range of 30–45 °C (86–113 °F). [1]

Five conserved signature indels (CSIs) have been identified as exclusive for this genus in the proteins stage V sporulation protein D, N-acetyl-gamma-glutamyl-phosphate reductase, type II/IV secretion system protein, homoserine O-succinyltransferase and septation ring formation regulator EzrA which can be used as reliable distinguishing molecular signatures to demarcate Heyndrickxia species from other Bacillaceae genera and bacteria. [1]

Taxonomy

As of May 2021, there are a total of 3 species with validly published names in the genus Heyndrickxia. [3] Members of this genus form a monophyletic branch in various phylogenetic trees created based on concatenated sequences from various datasets of conserved proteins and 16S rRNA genome sequences. [1] The monophyletic nature of this genus is also found in the Genome Taxonomy Database. [11]

Additionally, the non-validly published species "Bacillus obstructivis" also branches with members of Heyndrickxia as well as share the unique molecular markers specific for the genus. [1] However, transfer of this species into the clade was not proposed due to the lack of culture strain information. This indicates the need to perform periodic analysis of the classification of this genus when more genome sequence and culture stain information becomes available.

In July 2023, an article in the IJSEM argued Bacillus acidicola , Bacillus pervagus , Margalitia , and Weizmannia should all be subsumed under Heyndrickxia . Being a taxonomic opinion in the IJSEM, the new combination names are considered valid. [12] GTDB release R214 does not yet include this "lumping" change.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Gupta, Radhey S.; Patel, Sudip; Saini, Navneet; Chen, Shu (2020-11-01). "Robust demarcation of 17 distinct Bacillus species clades, proposed as novel Bacillaceae genera, by phylogenomics and comparative genomic analyses: description of Robertmurraya kyonggiensis sp. nov. and proposal for an emended genus Bacillus limiting it only to the members of the Subtilis and Cereus clades of species". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 70 (11): 5753–5798. doi: 10.1099/ijsem.0.004475 . ISSN   1466-5026. PMID   33112222.
  2. ↑ Brenner, Don J.; Krieg, Noel R.; Staley, James T.; Garrity, George M.; Boone, David R.; De Vos, Paul; Goodfellow, Michael; Rainey, Fred A.; Schleifer, Karl-Heinz, eds. (2005). Bergey's Manual® of Systematic Bacteriology. doi:10.1007/0-387-28022-7. ISBN   978-0-387-24144-9.
  3. 1 2 "Genus: Heyndrickxia". lpsn.dsmz.de. Retrieved 2021-05-28.
  4. ↑ Logan, N.A. (2011-12-20). "Bacillus and relatives in foodborne illness". Journal of Applied Microbiology. 112 (3): 417–429. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2011.05204.x . ISSN   1364-5072. PMID   22121830.
  5. ↑ La Duc, Myron T; Satomi, Masataka; Agata, Norio; Venkateswaran, Kasthuri (March 2004). "gyrB as a phylogenetic discriminator for members of the Bacillus anthracis–cereus–thuringiensis group". Journal of Microbiological Methods. 56 (3): 383–394. doi:10.1016/j.mimet.2003.11.004. ISSN   0167-7012. PMID   14967230.
  6. ↑ Ash, Carol; Farrow, J.A.E.; Wallbanks, Sally; Collins, M.D. (2008-06-28). "Phylogenetic heterogeneity of the genus Bacillus revealed by comparative analysis of small-subunit-ribosomal RNA sequences". Letters in Applied Microbiology. 13 (4): 202–206. doi:10.1111/j.1472-765x.1991.tb00608.x. ISSN   0266-8254. S2CID   82988953.
  7. ↑ Patel, Sudip; Gupta, Radhey S. (2020-01-01). "A phylogenomic and comparative genomic framework for resolving the polyphyly of the genus Bacillus: Proposal for six new genera of Bacillus species, Peribacillus gen. nov., Cytobacillus gen. nov., Mesobacillus gen. nov., Neobacillus gen. nov., Metabacillus gen. nov. and Alkalihalobacillus gen. nov". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 70 (1): 406–438. doi: 10.1099/ijsem.0.003775 . ISSN   1466-5026. PMID   31617837.
  8. ↑ Heyndrickx, M.; Lebbe, L.; Kersters, K.; Hoste, B.; De Wachter, R.; De Vos, P.; Forsyth, G.; Logan, N. A. (1999-07-01). "Proposal of Virgibacillus proomii sp. nov. and emended description of Virgibacillus pantothenticus (Proom and Knight 1950) Heyndrickx et al. 1998". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 49 (3): 1083–1090. doi: 10.1099/00207713-49-3-1083 . ISSN   1466-5026. PMID   10425765.
  9. ↑ Shida, O.; Takagi, H.; Kadowaki, K.; Komagata, K. (1996-10-01). "Proposal for Two New Genera, Brevibacillus gen. nov. and Aneurinibacillus gen. nov". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 46 (4): 939–946. doi: 10.1099/00207713-46-4-939 . ISSN   0020-7713. PMID   8863420.
  10. ↑ Mual, Poonam; Singh, Nitin Kumar; Verma, Ashish; Schumann, Peter; Krishnamurthi, Srinivasan; Dastager, Syed; Mayilraj, Shanmugam (2016-05-01). "Reclassification of Bacillus isronensis Shivaji et al. 2009 as Solibacillus isronensis comb. nov. and emended description of genus Solibacillus Krishnamurthi et al. 2009". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 66 (5): 2113–2120. doi: 10.1099/ijsem.0.000982 . ISSN   1466-5026. PMID   26907585.
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  12. ↑ Narsing Rao, MP; Banerjee, A; Liu, GH; Thamchaipenet, A (July 2023). "Genome-based reclassification of Bacillus acidicola, Bacillus pervagus and the genera Heyndrickxia, Margalitia and Weizmannia". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 73 (7). doi: 10.1099/ijsem.0.005961 . PMID   37462355.
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