title: Vibrio gallicus sp. nov., isolated from the gut of the French abalone Haliotis tuberculata.
abstract: Five alginolytic, facultatively anaerobic, non-motile bacteria were isolated from the gut of the abalone Haliotis tuberculata. Phylogenetic analyses based on 16S rDNA data indicated that these strains are related to Vibrio wodanis, Vibrio salmonicida, Vibrio logei and Vibrio fischeri (but with <97 % 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity). DNA-DNA hybridization and fluorescence amplified fragment length polymorphism fingerprinting demonstrated that the five strains constituted a single species that was different from all currently known vibrios. The name Vibrio gallicus sp. nov. (type strain, CIP 107863(T)=LMG 21878(T)=HT2-1(T); DNA G+C content, 43.6-44.3 mol%) is proposed for this novel taxon. Several phenotypic features were disclosed that discriminated V. gallicus from other Vibrio species: V. gallicus can be differentiated from Vibrio halioticoli on the basis of four traits (beta-galactosidase test and assimilation of three carbon compounds) and from Vibrio superstes by 16 traits.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Microbiology, Graduate School of Fisheries Sciences, Hokkaido University, 3-1-1 Minato-cho, Hakodate 041, Japan.
authors.forename: Tomoo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sawabe
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Microbiology, Graduate School of Fisheries Sciences, Hokkaido University, 3-1-1 Minato-cho, Hakodate 041, Japan.
authors.forename: Karin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hayashi
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Microbiology, Graduate School of Fisheries Sciences, Hokkaido University, 3-1-1 Minato-cho, Hakodate 041, Japan.
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Moriwaki
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Microbiology, University of Ghent, Ledeganckstraat 35, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium.
authors.forename: Fabiano L
authors.initials: FL
authors.lastname: Thompson
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Microbiology, University of Ghent, Ledeganckstraat 35, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium.
authors.forename: Jean
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Swings
authors.affiliation: UMR 1931 CNRS/Goëmar, Place Georges Teissier B.P. 74, F29682 Roscoff cedex, France.
authors.forename: Philippe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Potin
authors.affiliation: UMR 6543 CNRS - Université de Nice Sophia Antipolis, Centre de Biochimie, Parc Valrose, F06108 Nice cedex 2, France.
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Christen
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Microbiology, Graduate School of Fisheries Sciences, Hokkaido University, 3-1-1 Minato-cho, Hakodate 041, Japan.
authors.forename: Yoshio
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ezura
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001482:Base Composition; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000235:genetics; D004064:Digestive System / Q000382:microbiology; D005602:France; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D008974:Mollusca / Q000382:microbiology*; D010641:Phenotype; D010802:Phylogeny; D012329:RNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D013045:Species Specificity; D014733:Vibrio / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D012329:RNA, Bacterial; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S