title: Martelella mediterranea gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel alpha-proteobacterium isolated from a subterranean saline lake.
abstract: A bacterial strain was isolated from the water of Lake Martel in Mallorca (Spain). The isolate, designated MACL11(T), was halotolerant and strictly aerobic. The cells were non-motile, non-spore-forming, Gram-negative short rods. Comparative 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis revealed that MACL11(T) represents a separate line of descent within the order 'Rhizobiales' of the class 'Alphaproteobacteria'. Strain MACL11(T) was most closely related to the genera Rhizobium (93.3 % sequence similarity to Rhizobium rhizogenes), Aurantimonas (90.3 % sequence similarity to Aurantimonas coralicida) and Fulvimarina (90.3 % sequence similarity to Fulvimarina pelagi). Chemotaxonomically, strain MACL11(T) was characterized by the presence of Q-10 as the major respiratory lipoquinone. The major fatty acids detected were C(19 : 0) cycloomega8c, C(18 : 1)omega7c, C(16 : 0) and 11-methyl C(18 : 1)omega7c. The G+C content of the DNA was 57.4 mol%. Oxidase and catalase activities were present. Growth with many different carbohydrates as the sole carbon source was observed. The data from this polyphasic study suggest that this bacterium belongs to a novel genus of the order 'Rhizobiales' and is not associated with any of the known families of this order. It is proposed that isolate MACL11(T) should be classified in a novel genus and species, Martelella mediterranea gen. nov., sp. nov., with MACL11(T) (=LMG 22193(T)=CECT 5861(T)) as the type strain.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Microbiología y Genética, Lab. 209, Edificio Departamental de Biología, Universidad de Salamanca, Campus M. Unamuno, 37007 Salamanca, Spain.
authors.forename: Raúl
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rivas
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Recursos Naturales y Agrobiología, CSIC, Salamanca, Spain.
authors.forename: Salud
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sánchez-Márquez
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Microbiología y Genética, Lab. 209, Edificio Departamental de Biología, Universidad de Salamanca, Campus M. Unamuno, 37007 Salamanca, Spain.
authors.forename: Pedro F
authors.initials: PF
authors.lastname: Mateos
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Microbiología y Genética, Lab. 209, Edificio Departamental de Biología, Universidad de Salamanca, Campus M. Unamuno, 37007 Salamanca, Spain.
authors.forename: Eustoquio
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Martínez-Molina
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Microbiología y Genética, Lab. 209, Edificio Departamental de Biología, Universidad de Salamanca, Campus M. Unamuno, 37007 Salamanca, Spain.
authors.forename: Encarna
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Velázquez
mesh_terms: D000332:Aerobiosis; D020561:Alphaproteobacteria / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000502:physiology; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000032:analysis; D005618:Fresh Water / Q000382:microbiology*; D020459:Genes, rRNA; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010641:Phenotype; D010802:Phylogeny; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D012965:Sodium Chloride; D013030:Spain; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; D012965:Sodium Chloride