RESUMEN
We investigated the use of atpA gene sequences as alternative phylogenetic and identification markers for vibrios. A fragment of 1322 bp (corresponding to approximately 88% of the coding region) was analysed in 151 strains of vibrios. The relationships observed were in agreement with the phylogeny inferred from 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis. For instance, the Vibrio cholerae, Vibrio halioticoli, Vibrio harveyi and Vibrio splendidus species groups appeared in the atpA gene phylogenetic analyses, suggesting that these groups may be considered as separate genera within the current Vibrio genus. Overall, atpA gene sequences appeared to be more discriminatory for species differentiation than 16S rRNA gene sequences. 16S rRNA gene sequence similarities above 97% corresponded to atpA gene sequences similarities above 80%. The intraspecies variation in the atpA gene sequence was about 99% sequence similarity. The results showed clearly that atpA gene sequences are a suitable alternative for the identification and phylogenetic study of vibrios.
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ATPasas de Translocación de Protón Bacterianas/genética , Técnicas de Tipificación Bacteriana , Filogenia , Análisis de Secuencia de ADN , Vibrio/clasificación , Vibrio/enzimología , Vibrionaceae/clasificación , ATPasas de Translocación de Protón Bacterianas/metabolismo , ADN Bacteriano/análisis , Datos de Secuencia Molecular , ARN Ribosómico 16S/genética , Especificidad de la Especie , Vibrio/genética , Vibrionaceae/enzimología , Vibrionaceae/genéticaRESUMEN
Feather waste, generated in large quantities as a byproduct of commercial poultry processing, is almost pure keratin, which is not easily degradable by common proteolytic enzymes. Feather-degrading bacteria were isolated from a Brazilian poultry industrial waste. Among these isolates, a strain identified as kr2 was the best feather-degrading organism when grown on basal medium containing 10 g/L of native feather as a source of energy, carbon, and nitrogen. The isolate was characterized according to morphological characteristics and biochemical tests belonging to the Vibrionaceae family. Keratinolytic activity of this isolate was monitored throughout the cultivation of the bacterium on raw feather at different temperatures. The optimum temperature for growth was about 30 degrees C, at which maximum enzyme and soluble protein production were achieved. The enzyme had a pH and temperature optima of 8.0 and 55 degrees C, respectively.