title: Salegentibacter flavus sp. nov.
abstract: A yellow-pigmented, non-motile, Gram-negative bacterium, designated Fg 69T, was isolated from a sediment sample collected in Chazhma Bay (Sea of Japan). The novel organism grew at 10-35 degrees C, was neutrophilic and required 3-10% NaCl for optimal growth. Strain Fg 69T was able to degrade starch and to hydrolyse gelatin and Tween 80 weakly but not casein or agar. Predominant cellular fatty acids comprised n-C15 and n-C16 branched-chain and straight-chain saturated and unsaturated fatty acids, including iso-C(15:0) (5%), anteiso-C(15:0) (11%), C(15:0) (9%), iso-C(15:1) (5%), iso-C(16:0) (8%), C(16:0) (5%) and C(16:1)omega7 (5%) and iso- and anteiso-branched 2-OH and 3-OH C(15:0) to C(17:0) fatty acids (26 % in total). The G + C content of the DNA was 40.4 mol%. 16S rRNA gene sequence data indicated that strain Fg 69T belonged to the genus Salegentibacter but was distinct from recognized Salegentibacter species (94-95 % sequence similarity). Based on these results, a novel species, Salegentibacter flavus sp. nov., is proposed. The type strain is Fg 69T (= KMM 6000T = CIP 107843T).
authors.affiliation: Pacific Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry of the Far-Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Pr. 100 Let Vladivostoku 159, Russia.|Swinburne University of Technology, PO Box 218, Hawthorn, Victoria 3122, Australia.
authors.forename: Elena P
authors.initials: EP
authors.lastname: Ivanova
authors.affiliation: Department of Agricultural Science, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.
authors.forename: John P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Bowman
authors.affiliation: UMR6543 CNRS - Université de Nice Sophia Antipolis, Centre de Biochimie, Parc Valrose 06108 Nice cedex 2, France.
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Christen
authors.affiliation: Institute of Marine Biology of the Far-Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 690041 Vladivostok, Russia.
authors.forename: Natalia V
authors.initials: NV
authors.lastname: Zhukova
authors.affiliation: Institute of Microbiology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 117811 Moscow, Russia.
authors.forename: Anatoly M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Lysenko
authors.affiliation: Pacific Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry of the Far-Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Pr. 100 Let Vladivostoku 159, Russia.
authors.forename: Natalia M
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Gorshkova
authors.affiliation: Swinburne University of Technology, PO Box 218, Hawthorn, Victoria 3122, Australia.
authors.forename: Natasa
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Mitik-Dineva
authors.affiliation: Pacific Oceanological Institute of the Far-Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Baltiiskaya Str. 43, 690017 Vladivostok, Russia.
authors.forename: Alexander F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Sergeev
authors.affiliation: Pacific Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry of the Far-Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Pr. 100 Let Vladivostoku 159, Russia.
authors.forename: Valery V
authors.initials: VV
authors.lastname: Mikhailov
mesh_terms: D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000737:chemistry; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000032:analysis; D041965:Flavobacteriaceae / Q000737:chemistry / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics; D019015:Geologic Sediments / Q000382:microbiology*; D010641:Phenotype; D010802:Phylogeny; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D005227:Fatty Acids; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S