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Abstract
Two bacterial strains (designated as YSTF-M11T and TSTF-M6T) were isolated from tidal flat sediments of the Yellow Sea, Republic of Korea, and taxonomically characterized. A neighbour-joining phylogenetic tree based on 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that strain YSTF-M11T clusters with the type strains of Roseobacter species and strain TSTF-M6T clusters with the type strains of Loktanella salsilacus , Loktanella fryxellensis and Loktanella atrilutea . Strains YSTF-M11T and TSTF-M6T exhibited 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity values of 97.5–98.9 % and 94.1–97.2 % to the type strains of four Roseobacter species and to the type strains of four Loktanella species, respectively. An UBCG tree based on genomic sequences and a tree based on AAI showed that strains YSTF-M11T and TSTF-M6T form a cluster with the type strains of Roseobacter species and with the type strains of L. salsilacus , L. fryxellensis and L. atrilutea , respectively. The ANI and dDDH values between genomic sequences of strain YSTF-M11T and the type strains of four Roseobacter species and between those of strain TSTF-M6T and the type strains of the three Loktanella species were in ranges of 74.0–75.9 and 18.2–19.7 % and 74.7–75.5 and 18.8–19.3 %, respectively. The DNA G+C contents of strains YSTF-M11T and TSTF-M6T were 60.3 and 61.9 % based on their genomic sequences. Both strains contained Q-10 as the predominant ubiquinone and C18 : 1 ω7c as the major fatty acid. Strains YSTF-M11T and TSTF-M6T were separated from recognized Roseobacter species and L. salsilacus , L. fryxellensis and L. atrilutea , respectively, by their phenotypic properties together with the phylogenetic and genetic distinctiveness. Based on data presented in this study, strains YSTF-M11T (=KACC 21642T =NBRC 115155T) and TSTF-M6T (=KACC 21643T =NBRC 115154T) are considered to represent novel species of the genera Roseobacter and Loktanella , respectively, for which the names Roseobacter insulae sp. nov. and Loktanella gaetbuli sp. nov. are proposed.
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Funding
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Rural Development Administration
(Award PJ015247)
- Principle Award Recipient: Jung-HoonYoon
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National Institute of Biological Resources
(Award project on survey of indigenous species of Korea)
- Principle Award Recipient: Jung-HoonYoon