scholarly journals Sphingomonas gei sp. nov., isolated from roots of Geum aleppicum

2015 ◽  
Vol 65 (Pt_4) ◽  
pp. 1160-1166 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lingfang Zhu ◽  
Meiru Si ◽  
Changfu Li ◽  
Kaiyun Xin ◽  
Chaoqiong Chen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Type Species ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
Shaanxi Province ◽  
Rrna Gene ◽  
Strictly Aerobic ◽  
Taxonomic Study ◽  
Respiratory Quinone ◽  
Polar Lipid Profile ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Link Type

A yellow-pigmented bacterium, designated strain ZFGT-11T, was isolated from roots of Geum aleppicum Jacq. collected from Taibai Mountain in Shaanxi Province, north-west China, and was subjected to a taxonomic study by using a polyphasic approach. Cells of strain ZFGT-11T were Gram-stain-negative, strictly aerobic rods that were surrounded by a thick capsule and were motile by means of a single polar flagellum. Phylogenetic analyses based on 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that strain ZFGT-11T was a member of the genus Sphingomonas and was closely related to Sphingomonas naasensis KACC 16534T (97.6 % similarity), Sphingomonas kyeonggiense JCM 18825T (96.8 %), Sphingomonas asaccharolytica IFO 15499T (96.7 %) and Sphingomonas leidyi DSM 4733T (96.6 %). The predominant respiratory quinone was ubiquinone-10 (Q-10) and the major cellular fatty acids were summed feature 8 (comprising C18 : 1ω7c and/or C18 : 1ω6c), C17 : 1ω6c, C14 : 0 2-OH, C16 : 0 and C15 : 0 2-OH. The major polyamine of strain ZFGT-11T was sym-homospermidine. Phosphatidylglycerol, diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylmonomethylethanolamine, phosphatidylcholine, sphingoglycolipid, two unidentified aminoglycolipids, two unidentified phospholipids and two unidentified lipids were detected in the polar lipid profile. The DNA G+C content was 66.8 mol%. DNA–DNA relatedness for strain ZFGT-11T with respect to its closest phylogenetic relative S. naasensis KACC 16534T was 26.2±4.8 % (mean±sd). On the basis of data from the present polyphasic taxonomic study, strain ZFGT-11T is considered to represent a novel species of the genus Sphingomonas , for which the name Sphingomonas gei sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is ZFGT-11T ( = CCTCC AB 2013306T = KCTC 32449T = LMG 27608T).

scholarly journals Arcicella rigui sp. nov., isolated from water of a wetland, and emended descriptions of the genus Arcicella , Arcicella aquatica , Arcicella rosea and Arcicella aurantiaca

2013 ◽  
Vol 63 (Pt_1) ◽  
pp. 134-140 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wen-Ming Chen ◽  
Shwu-Harn Yang ◽  
Chiu-Chung Young ◽  
Shih-Yi Sheu
Keyword(s):  
Type Species ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
Rrna Gene ◽  
Strictly Aerobic ◽  
Phenotypic Data ◽  
Respiratory Quinone ◽  
Polar Lipid Profile ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Link Type ◽  
Taxonomic Approach

A bacterial strain, designated NSW-5T, was isolated from a water sample taken from Niao-Song Wetland Park in Taiwan and characterized using a polyphasic taxonomic approach. Cells of strain NSW-5T were strictly aerobic, Gram-stain-negative, non-motile and polymorphic, being straight, vibrioid, curved and spiral-shaped rods surrounded by a thick capsule and forming light pink-coloured colonies. Some rings consisting of several cells were present. Growth occurred at 10–40 °C (optimum, 25 °C), with 0–3.0 % NaCl (optimum, 0 %) and at pH 6.0–8.0 (optimum, pH 7.0). Phylogenetic analyses based on 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that strain NSW-5T belonged to the genus Arcicella with sequence similarities of 98.6, 98.0 and 97.3 % with Arcicella aquatica NO-502T, Arcicella rosea TW5T and Arcicella aurantiaca TNR-18T, respectively. The predominant cellular fatty acids were summed feature 3 (C16 : 1ω7c and/or C16 : 1ω6c; 20.8 %), C16 : 0 (14.6 %), iso-C15 : 0 (13.8 %), C16 : 1ω5c (12.5 %) and C18 : 0 (11.4 %), and the only respiratory quinone was MK-7. The polar lipid profile consisted of phosphatidylethanolamine and several uncharacterized glycolipids, aminolipids, phospholipids and aminophospholipids. The DNA G+C content of strain NSW-5T was 44.1 mol%. The DNA–DNA relatedness of strain NSW-5T with respect to recognized species of the genus Arcicella was less than 70 %. On the basis of phylogenetic inference and phenotypic data, strain NSW-5T should be classified as a representative of a novel species, for which the name Arcicella rigui sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is NSW-5T ( = KCTC 23307T = BCRC 80260T). Emended descriptions of the genus Arcicella and of Arcicella aquatica , Arcicella rosea and Arcicella aurantiaca are also proposed.

scholarly journals Rhizobacter bergeniae sp. nov., isolated from the root of Bergenia scopulosa

2015 ◽  
Vol 65 (Pt_2) ◽  
pp. 479-484 ◽  
Author(s):  
Linfang Wei ◽  
Meiru Si ◽  
Mingxiu Long ◽  
Lingfang Zhu ◽  
Changfu Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
16S Rrna ◽  
16S Rrna Gene ◽  
Type Species ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
Shaanxi Province ◽  
Rrna Gene ◽  
Strictly Aerobic ◽  
Respiratory Quinone ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Link Type

A yellowish-pigmented bacterium, designated strain PLGR-1T, was isolated from the root of Bergenia scopulosa collected from Taibai Mountain in Shaanxi Province, north-west China, and was subjected to a taxonomic study by using a polyphasic approach. Cells of strain PLGR-1T were Gram-stain-negative, strictly aerobic, rod-shaped, non-spore-forming and motile with a single polar flagellum. Growth occurred at 7–33 °C (optimum, 25–28 °C), at pH 5.0–10.0 (optimum, pH 6.0–7.0) and with 0–0.5 % (w/v) NaCl (optimum, 0 %). The predominant respiratory quinone was ubiquinone-8 (Q-8) and the major cellular fatty acids were summed feature 3 (comprising C16 : 1ω7c and/or C16 : 1ω6c), C16 : 0 and summed feature 8 (comprising C18 : 1ω7c and/or C18 : 1ω6c). The major polyamines were putrescine and 2-hydroxyputrescine and the major polar lipids were diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylethanolamine and phosphatidylglycerol. The DNA G+C content was 69.8 mol%. Phylogenetic analyses based on 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that strain PLGR-1T belonged to the class Betaproteobacteria and formed a tight phyletic lineage with members of the genus Rhizobacter . Strain PLGR-1T was most closely related to Rhizobacter dauci DSM 11587T and Rhizobacter fulvus DSM 19916T, with 16S rRNA gene sequence similarities of 98.5 and 98.0 %, respectively. The DNA–DNA relatedness values between strain PLGR-1T and the type strains of Rhizobacter dauci and Rhizobacter fulvus were 46.3 and 14.7 %, respectively. Based on the phenotypic, phylogenetic and genotypic data, strain PLGR-1T is considered to represent a novel species of the genus Rhizobacter , for which the name Rhizobacter bergeniae sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is PLGR-1T ( = CCTCC AB 2013018T = KCTC 32299T = LMG 27607T).

scholarly journals Rufibacter latericius sp. nov., isolated from Baiyang Lake

2020 ◽  
Vol 70 (11) ◽  
pp. 5943-5949 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yun-zhen Yang ◽  
Ji-feng Chen ◽  
Wan-ru Huang ◽  
Ran-ran Zhang ◽  
Shuangjiang Liu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Type Species ◽  
Sequence Similarity ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
Draft Genome ◽  
Rrna Gene ◽  
Strictly Aerobic ◽  
Respiratory Quinone ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Link Type ◽  
Pr China

A novel Gram-stain-negative, strictly aerobic, rod-shaped, brick red-pigmented bacterium, designated R-22-1 c-1T, was isolated from water from Baiyang Lake, Hebei Province, PR China. The strain was able to grow at 20–30 °C (optimum, 30 °C) and pH 6–7 (optimum, pH 6) in Reasoner’s 2A medium. 16S rRNA gene sequence and phylogenetic analyses of R-22-1 c-1T revealed closest relationships to Rufibacter immobilis MCC P1T (97.8 %), Rufibacter sediminis H-1T (97.9 %) and Rufibacter glacialis MDT1-10-3T (97.0 %), with other species of the genus Rufibacter showing less than 97.0 % sequence similarity. The predominant polar lipids were phosphatidylethanolamine, two unidentified aminophospholipids and three unidentified lipids. The major cellular fatty acids were iso-C15 : 0, C15 : 1  ω6c, C17 : 1  ω6c, anteiso-C15 : 0, summed feature 3 (iso-C15 : 0 2-OH and/or C16 : 1  ω7c and/or C16 : 1  ω6c) and summed feature 4 (iso-C17 : 1I and/or anteiso-C17 : 1B). The respiratory quinone was MK-7. The draft genome of R-22-1 c-1T was 5.6 Mbp in size, with a G+C content of 50.2 mol%. The average nucleotide identity and digital DNA–DNA hybridization relatedness values between strain R-22-1 c-1T and related type strains were R. immobilis MCC P1T (77.2 and 21.8 %), R. sediminis H-1T (81.6 and 21.4 %) and R. tibetensis 1351T (78.5 and 22.9 %). Based on these phylogenetic, chemotaxonomic and genotypic results, strain R-22-1 c-1T represents a novel species in the genus Rufibacter , for which the name Rufibacter latericius sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is R-22-1 c-1T (=CGMCC 1.13570T=KCTC 62781T).

Azoarcus olearius sp. nov., a nitrogen-fixing bacterium isolated from oil-contaminated soil

2013 ◽  
Vol 63 (Pt_10) ◽  
pp. 3755-3761 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ming-Hui Chen ◽  
Shih-Yi Sheu ◽  
Euan K. James ◽  
Chiu-Chung Young ◽  
Wen-Ming Chen
Keyword(s):  
Contaminated Soil ◽  
Type Species ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
Rrna Gene ◽  
Strictly Aerobic ◽  
Nitrogen Fixing ◽  
Phenotypic Data ◽  
Polar Lipid Profile ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Link Type

A novel nitrogen-fixing strain, designated DQS-4T, was isolated from oil-contaminated soil in Taiwan and was characterized using a polyphasic taxonomic approach. Cells of strain DQS-4T stained Gram-negative, contained poly-β-hydroxybutyrate granules and were motile rods, surrounded by a thin capsule. Cells displayed a strictly aerobic type of metabolism and fixed nitrogen microaerobically. Growth occurred at 10–45 °C (optimum, 35–40 °C), at pH 7.0–8.0 (optimum, pH 7.0) and with 0–2 % NaCl (optimum, 0.5–1 %). Phylogenetic analyses based on 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that strain DQS-4T belonged to the genus Azoarcus , and its closest neighbours were Azoarcus indigens VB32T and Azoarcus communis SWub3T, with sequence similarities of 97.4 and 96.4 %, respectively. The major cellular fatty acids of strain DQS-4T were summed feature 3 (comprising C16 : 1ω7c and/or C16 : 1ω6c), C16 : 0 and C18 : 1ω7c. The major cellular hydroxy fatty acid was C10 : 0 3-OH. The DNA G+C content was 64.5 mol%. The polar lipid profile consisted of phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylglycerol, diphosphatidylglycerol and several uncharacterized aminophospholipids and phospholipids. The mean level of DNA–DNA relatedness between strain DQS-4T and A. indigens LMG 9092T was 27.4 %. On the basis of the genotypic and phenotypic data, strain DQS-4T represents a novel species in the genus Azoarcus , for which the name Azoarcus olearius sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is DQS-4T ( = BCRC 80407T = KCTC 23918T = LMG 26893T).

Fluviicola hefeinensis sp. nov., isolated from the wastewater of a chemical factory

2014 ◽  
Vol 64 (Pt_3) ◽  
pp. 700-704 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hong-Xing Yang ◽  
Xiang Wang ◽  
Xiao-Wei Liu ◽  
Jun Zhang ◽  
Gui-Qin Yang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Type Species ◽  
Rrna Gene ◽  
Strictly Aerobic ◽  
Respiratory Quinone ◽  
Polar Lipid Profile ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Link Type ◽  
Chemical Factory ◽  
Yellow Orange ◽  
Bacterium Strain

A Gram-negative, strictly aerobic, yellow–orange-pigmented, motile, short rod-shaped, catalase-positive, oxidase-negative bacterium, strain MYL-8T, was isolated from wastewater of the Jin Tai Chemical Factory in Hefei, China. Strain MYL-8T grew optimally at 30 °C, in the absence of NaCl and at pH 7. Menaquinone 6 (MK-6) was the sole respiratory quinone and the major fatty acids were iso-C15 : 0, iso-C15 : 1 G, iso-C17 : 0 3-OH and summed feature 3 (C16 : 1ω7c and/or iso-C15 : 0 2-OH). The polar lipid profile was composed predominantly of unidentified polar lipids and aminolipids. Minor amounts of phosphatidylethanolamine and unidentified phospholipids were also detectable. The DNA G+C content of strain MYL-8T was 43.5 mol%. The 16S rRNA gene sequence of strain MYL-8T showed the highest similarity to that of Fluviicola taffensis RW 262T (97.03 %), followed by Wandonia haliotis Haldis-1-1T (92.05 %), Lishizhenia caseinilytica UST040201-001T (91.43 %) and Lishizhenia tianjinensis JCM 15141T (90.61 %). DNA–DNA relatedness between strain MYL-8T and F. taffensis RW 262T was 21.35±0.90 %. On the basis of phenotypic, chemotaxonomic, genomic and phylogenetic data, strain MYL-8T is considered to represent a novel species of the genus Fluviicola , for which the name Fluviicola hefeinensis sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is MYL-8T ( = KACC 16597T = CCTCC AB 2013168T).

scholarly journals Pelagihabitans pacificus gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the family Flavobacteriaceae isolated from a deep-sea seamount

2020 ◽  
Vol 70 (8) ◽  
pp. 4569-4575 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qian Wang ◽  
Feng Liu ◽  
De-Chao Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Type Species ◽  
Optimal Growth ◽  
Rrna Gene ◽  
Strictly Aerobic ◽  
Respiratory Quinone ◽  
Polar Lipid Profile ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Link Type ◽  
A Genome ◽  
The Family

The Gram-stain-negative, orange-pigmented, non-spore-forming, non-motile, strictly aerobic, rod-shaped bacterial strain, designated TP-CH-4T, was isolated from a seamount near the Yap Trench in the tropical western Pacific. The optimal growth conditions were determined to be at pH 7–8, 25–30 °C and in the presence of 2 % (w/v) NaCl. The major respiratory quinone was MK-6. The polar lipid profile contained phosphatidylethanolamine, two unidentified aminolipids, two unidentified phospholipids and three unidentified polar lipids. The predominant cellular fatty acids were iso-C15 : 0 and summed feature 1 (composed of C13 : 03-OH and/or iso-C15 : 1H). Phylogenetic analysis of 16S rRNA gene sequences revealed that strain TP-CH-4T was a member of the family Flavobacteriaceae and formed a distinct lineage. Strain TP-CH-4T displayed highest sequence similarities to Pseudozobellia thermophila KMM 3531T (95.1 %) and Flagellimonas flava A11T (93.9 %). Genome sequencing revealed the strain TP-CH-4T has a genome size of 4.5 Mbp and a G+C content of 44.5 mol%. Collectively, based on phenotypic, chemotaxonomic, phylogenetic and genomic evidence, strain TP-CH-4T represents a novel species of a novel genus of the family Flavobacteriaceae , for which the name Pelagihabitans pacificus gen. nov., sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain of Pelagihabitans pacificus is TP-CH-4T (=CGMCC 1.17120T=KCTC 72434T).

scholarly journals Sphingomonas montanisoli sp. nov., isolated from mountain soil

2020 ◽  
Vol 70 (6) ◽  
pp. 3606-3613 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zixiao Xu ◽  
Yuxiao Zhang ◽  
Yasir Muhammad ◽  
Gejiao Wang
Keyword(s):  
16S Rrna ◽  
16S Rrna Gene ◽  
Type Species ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
Rrna Gene ◽  
Strictly Aerobic ◽  
Respiratory Quinone ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Link Type ◽  
A Genome

A soil bacterium, designated ZX9611T, was isolated from Taihang Mountain in Henan province, PR China. The strain was Gram-stain-negative and strictly aerobic. The cells were motile, rod-shaped and formed light pink-colored colonies. The 16S rRNA gene sequence of ZX9611T shared the highest similarities with those of Sphingomonas crocodyli CCP-7T (97.0%), Sphingomonas jatrophae S5-249T (96.6%) and Sphingomonas starnbergensis 382T (95.9%). Phylogenetic analyses based on 16S rRNA gene sequences demonstrated that ZX9611T clustered with S. crocodyli CCP-7T, S. jatrophae S5-249T and S. starnbergensis 382T. The average nucleotide identity (ANI) values between ZX9611T and two type strains ( S. crocodyli BCRC 81096T and S. jatrophae DSM 27345T) were 88.3 and 68.6% respectively. ZX9611T exhibited genome-sequence-based digital DNA–DNA hybridization (dDDH) values of 53.3 % and 15.3 %, compared with S. crocodyli BCRC 81096T and S . jatrophae DSM 27345T, respectively. ZX9611T had a genome size of 4.12 Mb and an average DNA G+C content of 64.8 %. ZX9611T had major fatty acids (>5 %) including summed feature 8 (C18 : 1  ω7c and/or C18 : 1  ω6c), C14 : 0 2-OH, C16 : 0 and summed feature 3 (C16 : 1  ω7c and/or C16 : 1  ω6c), and the major polyamine was sym-homospermidine. The only respiratory quinone was ubiquinone-10. The polar lipids were diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylcholine and sphingoglycolipid. On the basis of phenotypic, chemotaxonomic and phylogenetic characteristics, strain ZX9611T represents a novel species of genus Sphingomonas, for which the name Sphingomonas montanisoli sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is ZX9611T (=KCTC 72622T=CCTCC AB 2019350T).

Roseivivax isoporae sp. nov., isolated from a reef-building coral, and emended description of the genus Roseivivax

2012 ◽  
Vol 62 (Pt_6) ◽  
pp. 1259-1264 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ming-Hui Chen ◽  
Shih-Yi Sheu ◽  
Chaolun Allen Chen ◽  
Jih-Terng Wang ◽  
Wen-Ming Chen
Keyword(s):  
Type Species ◽  
Sequence Similarity ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
Rrna Gene ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Biochemical Tests ◽  
Respiratory Quinone ◽  
Polar Lipid Profile ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Link Type

A bacterial strain, isolated from a sample of reef-building coral (Isopora palifera) collected off the coast of southern Taiwan, was characterized using a polyphasic taxonomic approach. The strain, designated sw-2T, was Gram-staining-negative, aerobic, rod-shaped and motile, with subpolar flagella, and formed greyish pink colonies. Phylogenetic analyses based on 16S rRNA gene sequences indicated that strain sw-2T was most closely related to Roseivivax halodurans Och 239T (97.4 % sequence similarity) and Roseivivax halotolerans Och 210T (96.4 %). The novel strain did not require NaCl for growth and exhibited optimal growth at 35–40 °C, at pH 7.5–8.0 and with 3–7 % (w/v) NaCl. It produced bacteriochlorophyll a under aerobic conditions. Summed feature 8 (C18 : 1ω7c and/or C18 : 1ω6c; 63.7 %) predominated in the cellular fatty acid profile. The novel strain’s major respiratory quinone was ubiquinone Q-10 and its genomic DNA G+C content was 68.8 mol%. The polar lipid profile consisted of a mixture of phosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylcholine, diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidyldimethylethanolamine, sulfo-quinovosyl diacylglycerol and three uncharacterized phospholipids. The level of DNA–DNA relatedness between strain sw-2T and Roseivivax halodurans Och 239T was only 15.0 %. The results of physiological and biochemical tests allowed the clear phenotypic differentiation of the novel strain from all established species of the genus Roseivivax . Based on the genotypic, phenotypic and chemotaxonomic data, strain sw-2T represents a novel species in the genus Roseivivax , for which the name Roseivivax isoporae sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is sw-2T ( = LMG 25204T = BCRC 17966T).

Tepidimonas fonticaldi sp. nov., a slightly thermophilic betaproteobacterium isolated from a hot spring

2013 ◽  
Vol 63 (Pt_5) ◽  
pp. 1810-1816 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wen-Ming Chen ◽  
Hsing-Wei Huang ◽  
Jo-Shu Chang ◽  
Yin-Lung Han ◽  
Tai-Rong Guo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Type Species ◽  
Hot Spring ◽  
Sequence Similarity ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
Rrna Gene ◽  
Phenotypic Data ◽  
Respiratory Quinone ◽  
Polar Lipid Profile ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Link Type

A slightly thermophilic bacterial strain, designated AT-A2T, was isolated from a hot spring water sample taken from the Antun hot spring in Taiwan and characterized using a polyphasic taxonomic approach. Cells of strain AT-A2T were aerobic, Gram-negative, motile by a single polar flagellum and formed non-pigmented colonies. Growth occurred at 35–60 °C (optimum, 55 °C), with 0–1.0 % NaCl (optimum, 0.2 %) and at pH 7.0–9.0 (optimum, pH 7.0). Phylogenetic analyses based on 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that strain AT-A2T belonged to the genus Tepidimonas and its closest neighbour was Tepidimonas thermarum AA-1T with a sequence similarity of 97.5 %. The predominant cellular fatty acids were C16 : 0 (40.2 %), summed feature 3 (C16 : 1ω7c and/or C16 : 1ω6c; 20.1 %) and C17 : 0 cyclo (11.5 %). The major respiratory quinone was Q-8. The polar lipid profile consisted of phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylglycerol, diphosphatidylglycerol, an uncharacterized aminolipid and several uncharacterized phospholipids. The DNA G+C content of strain AT-A2T was 70.1 mol%. The mean level of DNA–DNA relatedness between strain AT-A2T and Tepidimonas thermarum AA-1T was 23.9 %. On the basis of the phylogenetic and phenotypic data, strain AT-A2T should be classified as representing a novel species, for which the name Tepidimonas fonticaldi sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is AT-A2T ( = LMG 26746T = KCTC 23862T = BCRC 80391T).

Formosa arctica sp. nov., isolated from Arctic seawater

2014 ◽  
Vol 64 (Pt_1) ◽  
pp. 78-82 ◽  
Author(s):  
Taeyang Kwon ◽  
Kiwoon Baek ◽  
Kiyoung Lee ◽  
Ilnam Kang ◽  
Jang-Cheon Cho
Keyword(s):  
Type Species ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
Optimal Growth ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Rrna Gene ◽  
Strictly Aerobic ◽  
Aerobic Bacterium ◽  
Respiratory Quinone ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Link Type

A Gram-staining-negative, chemoheterotrophic, yellow-pigmented, gliding, catalase- and oxidase-positive, flexirubin-negative, strictly aerobic bacterium, designated strain IMCC9485T, was isolated from a seawater sample collected from the Arctic Ocean. Optimal growth of strain IMCC9485T was observed at 25 °C, pH 7–8 and in the presence of 1.5–2.5 % NaCl. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that strain IMCC9485T belonged to the genus Formosa and was closely related to Formosa algae KCTC 12364T (98.2 %) and Formosa agariphila KCTC 12365T (98.0 %). DNA–DNA relatedness between the new isolate and F. algae and F. agariphila was far lower than 70 %, which indicated that strain IMCC9485T is a novel genomic species of the genus Formosa . The major fatty acids (>10 %) were iso-C15 : 1G (13.7 %), C16 : 1ω7c and/or C16 : 1ω6c (13.4 %) and iso-C15 : 0 (12.3 %). The G+C content of the genomic DNA was 37.6 mol%. Strain IMCC9485T contained menaquinone-6 (MK-6) as the respiratory quinone and phosphatidylethanolamine, unknown aminophospholipids and unknown polar lipids as polar lipid constituents. On the basis of phylogenetic analyses and differential phenotypic characteristics, it is suggested that strain IMCC9485T ( = KACC 17484T = KCCM 42937T = NBRC 106080T) be assigned to the genus Formosa as the type strain of a novel species, for which the name Formosa arctica sp. nov. is proposed.

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