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International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volume 57, Issue 8

gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel halotolerant member of the clade isolated from the marine sponge at Friday Harbor, USA Free

Abstract

A Gram-negative, non-pigmented, ovoid-shaped, strictly aerobic, catalase- and oxidase-positive and highly halotolerant bacterial strain that was devoid of swimming and gliding motility, designated UST050418-052, was isolated from the surface of the marine sponge at Friday Harbor, WA, USA. Strain UST050418-052 required NaCl for growth and could tolerate salt concentrations of up to 18 %. The primary respiratory quinone was ubiquinone-10 and the DNA G+C content was 57.8 mol%. The predominant fatty acids were the saturated fatty acids 16 : 0 and 18 : 0 and the monounsaturated fatty acids 18 : 17 and 18 : 19, altogether representing 82.9 % of the total. Phylogenetic analysis based on the 16S rRNA gene sequence placed UST050418-052 in a distinct lineage within the clade in the family , with 95.0–95.8 % sequence similarity to members of the nearest genus . The DNA–DNA relatedness between UST050418-052 and IAM 12617 was 9 %. Strain UST050418-052 could be differentiated from closely related members of the clade by a number of chemotaxonomic and phenotypic characteristics such as its distinct fatty acid profile, ability to reduce nitrate to nitrite and inability to utilize citrate, succinate, -arginine and pyruvate. Based on the phylogenetic, chemotaxonomic and phenotypic evidence presented in this study, we suggest that strain UST050418-052 represents a novel genus in the family . The name gen. nov., sp. nov., is thus proposed. The type strain of is UST050418-052 (=JCM 13833 =NRRL B-41465).

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Thalassococcus halodurans gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel halotolerant member of the Roseobacter clade isolated from the marine sponge Halichondria panicea at Friday Harbor, USA
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Scanning electron micrographs of cells of strain UST050418-052 . Cells were grown on marine broth for 48 h at 28 °C. Bars, 1 µm.

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Scanning electron micrographs of cells of strain UST050418-052 . Cells were grown on marine broth for 48 h at 28 °C. Bars, 1 µm.

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