%0 Journal Article %A Kurata, Atsushi %A Miyazaki, Masayuki %A Kobayashi, Tohru %A Nogi, Yuichi %A Horikoshi, Koki %T Alkalimonas collagenimarina sp. nov., a psychrotolerant, obligate alkaliphile isolated from deep-sea sediment %D 2007 %J International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, %V 57 %N 7 %P 1549-1553 %@ 1466-5034 %R https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.65084-0 %I Microbiology Society, %X A psychrotolerant, obligately alkaliphilic, collagenolytic enzyme-producing bacterium, strain AC40T, was isolated from a deep-sea sediment off Torishima Island, Japan, at a depth of 4026 m. Phylogenetic analysis of 16S rRNA gene sequences indicated that this bacterium was closely related to members of the genus Alkalimonas, with highest sequence similarity (97.9 %) to Alkalimonas delamerensis 1E1T. DNA–DNA hybridization experiments of strain AC40T with A. delamerensis 1E1T revealed a level of relatedness of less than 30 %. Cells of strain AC40T were strictly aerobic, rod-shaped, Gram-negative and motile by means of a single polar flagellum. The organism grew over a range of temperatures from 5 to 37 °C and at initial pH values between 7.0 and 10.5. Optimal growth was observed at 33 °C and at pH 8.5–10.0. Cellular fatty acids of strain AC40T were predominantly saturated and mono-unsaturated straight-chain components (C16 : 0 and C18 : 1). The major isoprenoid quinone was Q-8. The G+C content of the DNA was 49.3 mol%. Phylogenetic characteristics, physiological properties and DNA–DNA hybridization data indicate that strain AC40T represents a novel species of the genus Alkalimonas, for which the name Alkalimonas collagenimarina sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is AC40T (=JCM 14267T=NCIMB 14266T). %U https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.65084-0