title: Vibrio agarivorans sp. nov., a novel agarolytic marine bacterium.
abstract: It is proposed that the new Vibrio species Vibrio agarivorans accommodates two agarolytic, halophilic, fermentative bacterial strains isolated from Mediterranean sea water. The cells were gram-negative, oxidase-positive, polarly flagellated bacilli that fermented glucose without gas production and that produced no decarboxylases. They used a wide range of compounds as sole carbon and energy sources. The DNA G+C content was 44.8 mol%. Phylogenetic analysis based on complete 16S and 23S rDNA sequences revealed that the strains belong to the gamma-Proteobacteria, and are specifically related to Vibrio species. Their nearest relatives were species of the Vibrio fischeri group, sharing 16S rDNA sequence similarities below 97% with the agarolytic strains. The type strain is 289T (= CECT 5085T = DSM 13756T).
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Microbiología y Ecología, Facultad de Biología, Universitat de València, Spain.
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Macián
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Ludwig
authors.forename: K H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Schleifer
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Pujalte
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Garay
mesh_terms: D000362:Agar / Q000378:metabolism*; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000235:genetics; D008522:Mediterranean Sea; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D012338:RNA, Ribosomal, 23S / Q000235:genetics; D012623:Seawater / Q000382:microbiology*; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D014733:Vibrio / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; D012338:RNA, Ribosomal, 23S; D000362:Agar