@article{mbs:/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.65817-0, author = "Harwati, Theresia Umi and Kasai, Yuki and Kodama, Yumiko and Susilaningsih, Dwi and Watanabe, Kazuya", title = "Tranquillimonas alkanivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., an alkane-degrading bacterium isolated from Semarang Port in Indonesia", journal= "International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology", year = "2008", volume = "58", number = "9", pages = "2118-2121", doi = "https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.65817-0", url = "https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.65817-0", publisher = "Microbiology Society", issn = "1466-5034", type = "Journal Article", keywords = "PHA, poly-β-hydroxyalkanoate", abstract = "Strain A34T, an obligately halophilic, Gram-negative, non-motile, rod-shaped bacterium, was isolated from seawater obtained from Semarang Port in Indonesia. It possesses a pink pigment and degrades short-chain alkanes. It is positive for catalase and oxidase and reduces nitrate to nitrite. Analyses of 16S rRNA gene sequences revealed a clear affiliation of this strain with the family ‘Rhodobacteraceae’ in the class Alphaproteobacteria, with its closest relatives being Salipiger mucosus A3T (94.9 % sequence similarity) and Palleronia marisminoris B33T (93.4 %). The DNA G+C content was 69.1 mol%. The major cellular fatty acids of strain A34T were C18 : 1 ω7c (56.2 %), C19 : 0 cyclo ω8c (26.0 %) and C16 : 0 (9.1 %), while the predominant respiratory lipoquinone was ubiquinone-10. Based on the physiological and phylogenetic data, it is proposed that strain A34T should be classified in a new genus and species, for which the name Tranquillimonas alkanivorans gen. nov., sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain of Tranquillimonas alkanivorans is strain A34T (=JCM 14836T =DSM 19547T).", }