@article{mbs:/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.050021-0, author = "Leandro, Tânia and França, Luís and Nobre, M. Fernanda and Rainey, Fred A. and da Costa, Milton S.", title = "Heliimonas saccharivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the family Chitinophagaceae isolated from a mineral water aquifer, and emended description of Filimonas lacunae", journal= "International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology", year = "2013", volume = "63", number = "Pt_10", pages = "3793-3799", doi = "https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.050021-0", url = "https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.050021-0", publisher = "Microbiology Society", issn = "1466-5034", type = "Journal Article", abstract = "Two isolates, with optimum growth temperature and pH of about 30 °C and 6.0–7.0, were recovered from a borehole head of a mineral water aquifer in Portugal. The closest relatives based on 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis were species of genera of the family Chitinophagaceae . Strains L2-4T and L2-109 formed translucent colonies and non-motile pleomorphic cells. Strains were strictly aerobic, and oxidase- and catalase-positive. The major fatty acids of strains L2-4T and L2-109 were 17 : 0 iso 3-OH, 15 : 0 iso and 15 : 1 iso G. The major polar lipids were phosphatidylethanolamine, one unidentified phospholipid, four unidentified aminophospholipids, four unidentified aminolipids and three unidentified polar lipids. Menaquinone 7 was the only respiratory quinone. The G+C content of the DNA of strains L2-4T and L2-109 was 42.0 and 41.4 mol%, respectively. Based on 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis, physiological and biochemical characteristics, strains L2-4T ( = CECT 8122T = LMG 26919T) and L2-109 ( = CECT 8121 = LMG 26920) are considered to represent a novel species of a new genus, for which the name Heliimonas saccharivorans gen. nov., sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain of Heliimonas saccharivorans is L2-4T. Due to additional results obtained in this study an emended description of Filimonas lacunae is provided.", }