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sp. nov., an agarase-producing species isolated from stools of Antarctic penguins Free

Abstract

Taxonomic studies were performed on an agarase-producing strain, designated WV33, isolated from faeces of Antarctic penguins. Cells of strain WV33 were Gram-staining-negative, strictly aerobic, orange and rod-shaped. Strain WV33 displayed agarase activity and was able to utilize galactose as a sole carbon source. 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis revealed that strain WV33 was closely related to TC2 (98.0 % similarity), ATCC 700810 (96.9 %) and LMG 21922 (96.1 %). The predominant cellular fatty acids were iso-C G, iso-C, C, C and summed feature 3 (comprising iso-C 2-OH and/or Cω7). Menaquinone 6 (MK-6) was the sole quinone identified, and the major pigment was zeaxanthin. The major polar lipid was phosphatidylethanolamine. DNA–DNA relatedness of strain WV33 with respect to its closest phylogenetic neighbours was 25 % for NBRC 102673, 23 % for DSM 17623 and 21 % for DSM 15719. The DNA G+C content of strain WV33 was 37±0.6 mol%. Based on the phenotypic, chemotaxonomic and phylogenetic data, strain WV33 is concluded to represent a novel species of the genus , for which the name sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is WV33 ( = KCTC 32457 = CECT 8384).

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This study was supported by the:
  • Intelligent Synthetic Biology Center of Global Frontier Project
  • Ministry of Education, Science and Technology of Korea (Award 2011-0031968)
  • Priority Research Centers Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF)
  • Ministry of Education, Science, and Technology of Korea (Award 2012M1A2A2026562 and 2012-0006687)
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