RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Teramoto, Maki A1 Nishijima, MiyukiYR 2014 T1 Agaribacter marinus gen. nov., sp. nov., an agar-degrading bacterium from surface seawater JF International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, VO 64 IS Pt_7 SP 2416 OP 2423 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.061150-0 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1466-5034, AB A Gram-stain-negative, motile, mesophilic, aerobic, rod-shaped bacterium, strain 8-8T, was isolated from surface seawater at Muroto, Kochi, Japan. The strain exhibited agar-degrading activity. Phylogenetic analyses based on 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that the strain fell within the family Alteromonadaceae and clustered distantly with members of the genus Glaciecola (≤94.0 % similarity). The DNA G+C content was 41.8 mol%. The major fatty acids were C16 : 1ω7c and/or iso-C15 : 0 2-OH, C16 : 0 and C18 : 1ω7c and the major hydroxy fatty acid was C12 : 0 3-OH. The major polar lipids were phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylglycerol and an unidentified polar lipid; lysophosphatidylethanolamine and unidentified polar lipids were found as minor components. The major quinone was Q-8. On the basis of phenotypic, genotypic and chemotaxonomic data, strain 8-8T represents a novel species of a new genus, for which the name Agaribacter marinus gen. nov., sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain of Agaribacter marinus is 8-8T ( = NBRC 110023T = LMG 28167T)., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.061150-0