@article{mbs:/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijsem.0.001265, author = "Kumari, Prabla and Bhattacharjee, Sayantani and Poddar, Abhijit and Das, Subrata K.", title = "Sulfitobacter faviae sp. nov., isolated from the coral Faviaveroni", journal= "International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology", year = "2016", volume = "66", number = "10", pages = "3786-3792", doi = "https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.001265", url = "https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijsem.0.001265", publisher = "Microbiology Society", issn = "1466-5034", type = "Journal Article", keywords = "phylogenetic analysis", keywords = "Andaman Sea", keywords = "Sulfitobacter faviae sp. nov.", keywords = "DNA–DNA hybridization", abstract = "Three closely related, non-sporulating, aerobic, Gram-stain-negative, motile, rod-shaped isolates (S5-53T, S6-62 and S6-64) were obtained from mucus of corals Favia veroni from the Andaman Sea, India. Colonies grown on marine agar were small, circular and cream-coloured. Heterotrophic growth was observed at 10–40 °C and pH 6–10; optimum growth occurred at 25–30 °C and pH 7–8. 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis confirmed the isolates belonged to the genus Sulfitobacter and the three isolates shared more than 99 % pairwise sequence similarity. Strain S5-53T shared highest 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity of 98.43 % with Sulfitobacter dubius KMM 3554T. DNA–DNA relatedness among the three isolates was above 70 % whereas strain S5-53T showed less than 70 % relatedness with the type strains of closely related species. The DNA G+C content of strain S5-53T was 61 mol%. It contained phosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylcholine and diphosphatidylglycerol as major polar lipids. Predominant fatty acids included C18 : 1 ω7c, C18 : 1 ω7c 11-methyl, C16 : 0 and C10 : 0 3-OH. Q10 was the major respiratory quinone. Based on this polyphasic analysis, the new isolates (S5-53T, S6-62 and S6-64) are considered to represent a novel species of the genus Sulfitobacter , for which the name Sulfitobacter faviae sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is S5-53T(=JCM 31093T=LMG 29156T).", }