title: Nonlabens tegetincola gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the family Flavobacteriaceae isolated from a microbial mat in a subtropical estuary.
abstract: An orange-pigmented, Gram-negative, non-motile, rod-shaped, strictly aerobic bacterium (UST030701-324T) was isolated from a microbial mat in an estuary in the Bahamas. The DNA G+C content was 33.6 mol%. Predominant fatty acids were i15 : 0, i16 : 0, i17 : 0 3-OH, and summed feature 3, comprising i15 : 0 2-OH and/or 16 : 1omega7c. MK-6 was the only respiratory quinone. Flexirubin-type pigments were not produced. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences placed UST030701-324T in a distinct lineage in the family Flavobacteriaceae with less than 90.7 % sequence similarity to the members of the nearest genus, Psychroflexus. UST030701-324T can be distinguished from other members of Flavobacteriaceae by a number of chemotaxonomic and phenotypic characteristics. It is thus proposed that UST030701-324T represents a novel taxon designated Nonlabens tegetincola gen. nov., sp. nov. The type strain is UST030701-324T (=NRRL B-41136T=JCM 12886T).
authors.affiliation: Coastal Marine Laboratory/Department of Biology, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR.
authors.forename: Stanley C K
authors.initials: SCK
authors.lastname: Lau
authors.affiliation: Coastal Marine Laboratory/Department of Biology, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR.
authors.forename: Mandy M Y
authors.initials: MMY
authors.lastname: Tsoi
authors.affiliation: Coastal Marine Laboratory/Department of Biology, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR.
authors.forename: Xiancui
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Coastal Marine Laboratory/Department of Biology, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR.
authors.forename: Ioulia
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Plakhotnikova
authors.affiliation: Coastal Marine Laboratory/Department of Biology, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR.
authors.forename: Sergey
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dobretsov
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, NT, Hong Kong SAR.
authors.forename: Po-Keung
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Wong
authors.affiliation: Center for Marine Science, University of North Carolina at Wilmington, Wilmington, NC, USA.
authors.forename: Joseph R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Pawlik
authors.affiliation: Coastal Marine Laboratory/Department of Biology, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR.
authors.forename: Pei-Yuan
authors.initials: PY
authors.lastname: Qian
mesh_terms: D001482:Base Composition; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000032:analysis; D041965:Flavobacteriaceae / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000502:physiology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D014871:Water Microbiology
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D005227:Fatty Acids