@article{mbs:/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.64662-0, author = "Romanenko, Lyudmila A. and Uchino, Masataka and Frolova, Galina M. and Mikhailov, Valery V.", title = "Marixanthomonas ophiurae gen. nov., sp. nov., a marine bacterium of the family Flavobacteriaceae isolated from a deep-sea brittle star", journal= "International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology", year = "2007", volume = "57", number = "3", pages = "457-462", doi = "https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.64662-0", url = "https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.64662-0", publisher = "Microbiology Society", issn = "1466-5034", type = "Journal Article", abstract = "An aerobic, Gram-negative, non-motile, yellow-pigmented bacterium, strain KMM 3046T, was isolated from a deep-sea brittle star from the Fiji Sea and was subjected to a polyphasic taxonomic analysis. Strain KMM 3046T grew at 5–32 °C and in the presence of 1–12 % (w/v) NaCl. It contained MK-6 as the predominant menaquinone and 3-OH i16 : 0, 3-OH i17 : 0 and 3-OH a17 : 0 as the major fatty acids. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences revealed that strain KMM 3046T forms a distinct evolutionary lineage within the family Flavobacteriaceae (phylum Bacteroidetes), displaying 92.3–91.9 % sequence similarity with respect to Salegentibacter species. On the basis of the phenotypic and phylogenetic data, strain KMM 3046T represents a novel genus and species of the family Flavobacteriaceae, for which the name Marixanthomonas ophiurae gen. nov., sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain of Marixanthomonas ophiurae is KMM 3046T (=NRIC 0684T=JCM 14121T).", }