title: Rheinheimera pacifica sp. nov., a novel halotolerant bacterium isolated from deep sea water of the Pacific.
abstract: An aerobic, Gram-negative, non-fermentative, rod-shaped, motile, non-pigmented bacterium, KMM 1406(T), was isolated from a sample of Pacific deep sea water and investigated for phenotypic characteristics, chemotaxonomic features and phylogenetic relationships. The deep-sea isolate exhibited growth in 0-8 % (w/v) NaCl and at 4-37 degrees C, hydrolytic activity on gelatin, Tween 80 and starch and lack of D-glucose utilization. The major fatty acids were C(16 : 0), C(16 : 1)omega9c, C(17 : 1)omega8c and C(18 : 1)omega7c. The DNA G+C content was 49.6 mol%. 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis revealed that strain KMM 1406(T) was related closely to Rheinheimera baltica DSM 14885(T) within the gamma-Proteobacteria, with 96.8 % sequence similarity. On the basis of phenotypic and molecular data, a novel species, Rheinheimera pacifica sp. nov., is proposed. The type strain is KMM 1406(T) (=IAM 15043(T)=JCM 12090(T)=NRIC 0539(T)=CCUG 46544(T)).
authors.affiliation: Pacific Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Far-Eastern Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, 690022 Vladivostok, Prospect 100 Let Vladivostoku, 159, Russia.
authors.forename: Lyudmila A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Romanenko
authors.forename: Masataka
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Uchino
authors.forename: Enevold
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Falsen
authors.forename: Natalia V
authors.initials: NV
authors.lastname: Zhukova
authors.forename: Valery V
authors.initials: VV
authors.lastname: Mikhailov
authors.forename: Tai
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Uchimura
mesh_terms: D002841:Chromatiaceae / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000032:analysis; D005947:Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D006358:Hot Temperature; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010140:Pacific Ocean; D010641:Phenotype; D010802:Phylogeny; D012623:Seawater / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: D005227:Fatty Acids; D005947:Glucose