Olsenella sp. KHGC19

Introduction

Olsenella sp. KHGC19

Olsenella sp. KHGC19 (DSM 115844) was isolated from bovine rumen contents in NZ using KH medium which was supplemented with haemin and vitamin K [1]. KHGC19 is a non-motile, non-spore forming Gram positive, anaerobe which produces D-lactate as the main product from glucose fermentation. KHGC19 is a high G+C lactic acid bacterium and while originally identified as Olsenella it was subsequently assigned to the genus Parafannyhessea within the family Atopobiaceae [2]. However, its smaller genome size and repertoire of carbohydrate active enzymes is distinct from that for the type strain of Parafannyhessea umbonata (lac31, DSM 22620).

KHGC19 is of interest as it is one of the few rumen bacteria whose genome encodes the gene cluster for the enzyme choline trimethylamine lyase (CTMAL; EC:4.3.99.4) which generates trimethylamine a substrate for methylotrophic methanogens, especially members of the Methanomassiliicoccales [3]. In KHGC19, CTMAL is an enzyme complex composed of a catalytic choline utilisation polypeptide CutC, and an associated activating protein CutD, encoded by a 21 gene cluster that also contains genes encoding bacterial microcompartment proteins. A similar, slightly larger, CTMAL gene cluster is found in the type strain of Parafannyhessea umbonata.

The draft genome for KHGC19 (2,057,956 bp) was generated through the Hungate1000 project with JGI [1].

NCBI: Parafannyhessea umbonata.

GTDB: Olsenella_J umbonata_A.

Risk group: 1.

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[2] Zgheib R, Anani H, Meng MM, Mailhe M, Ricaboni D, Morand A, Caputo A, Traore SI, Fontanini A, Armstrong N, Raoult D, Fournier PE, 2021. New human-associated species of the family Atopobiaceae and proposal to reclassify members of the genus Olsenella. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 71. doi: 10.1099/ijsem.0.004819.

[3] Kelly WJ, Leahy SC, Kamke J, Soni P, Koike S, Mackie R, Seshadri R, Cook GM, Morales SE, Greening C, Attwood GT. 2019. Occurrence and expression of genes encoding methyl-compound production in rumen bacteria. Anim Microbiome 1: 15. doi: 10.1186/s42523-019-0016-0.