title: Marinicola seohaensis gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from sea water of the Yellow Sea, Korea.
abstract: A Gram-negative, non-flagellated, non-spore-forming and rod-shaped bacterial strain, SW-152(T), was isolated from sea water of the Yellow Sea in Korea, and subjected to a polyphasic taxonomic study. Strain SW-152(T) grew optimally at 30 degrees C and in the presence of 2-3 % (w/v) NaCl. It contained MK-7 as the predominant menaquinone and iso-C(15 : 0) and iso-C(15 : 1) as the major fatty acids. Polar lipids detected in strain SW-152(T) were phosphatidylethanolamine, diphosphatidylglycerol and unidentified lipids. The DNA G+C content was 40.3 mol%. Phylogenetic trees based on 16S rRNA gene sequences exhibited that strain SW-152(T) forms a distinct evolutionary lineage within the Cytophaga-Flavobacterium-Bacteroides (CFB) group. Strain SW-152(T) exhibited low 16S rRNA similarity levels of less than 89.4 % to members belonging to the CFB group. Phenotypic properties of strain SW-152(T) differentiate it from phylogenetically related taxa. On the basis of phenotypic and phylogenetic data, strain SW-152(T) (=KCTC 12312(T)=JCM 12600(T)) was classified in a novel genus and species, Marinicola seohaensis gen. nov., sp. nov.
authors.affiliation: Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB), PO Box 115, Yusong, Taejon, Korea.
authors.forename: Jung-Hoon
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Yoon
authors.affiliation: Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB), PO Box 115, Yusong, Taejon, Korea.
authors.forename: So-Jung
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.affiliation: Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB), PO Box 115, Yusong, Taejon, Korea.
authors.forename: Choong-Hwan
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB), PO Box 115, Yusong, Taejon, Korea.
authors.forename: Tae-Kwang
authors.initials: TK
authors.lastname: Oh
mesh_terms: D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D041964:Cytophagaceae / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000502:physiology; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000032:analysis; D020459:Genes, rRNA; D007723:Korea; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010641:Phenotype; D010802:Phylogeny; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D012623:Seawater / Q000382:microbiology*; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S