title: Echinicola pacifica gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel flexibacterium isolated from the sea urchin Strongylocentrotus intermedius.
abstract: The taxonomic position of three novel marine, heterotrophic, pigmented and agarolytic bacteria with gliding motility, isolated from the sea urchin Strongylocentrotus intermedius, was investigated. 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis revealed that strains KMM 6166, KMM 6172T and KMM 6173 are members of the phylum Bacteroidetes; their nearest neighbours were Belliella baltica and Hongiella marincola (similarities of 94.5 and 93.6 %, respectively). The DNA G+C content of the strains was 44-45 mol%. The predominant fatty acids were C15 : 0 iso, C16:1omega5c, C17:1 iso omega9c, C17:0 iso 3-OH and summed feature 3 (C16:1omega7c and/or C15:0 iso 2-OH). The major respiratory quinone was MK-7. Results of molecular experiments supported by phenotypic and chemotaxonomic data enabled the isolates to be classified as representatives of a novel species in a new genus, for which the name Echinicola pacifica gen. nov., sp. nov. is proposed. Echinicola pacifica is the type species of the genus Echinicola, and its type strain is KMM 6172T (=KCTC 12368T=LMG 23350T).
authors.affiliation: Pacific Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry of the Far-Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Pr. 100 Let Vladivostoku 159, 690022, Vladivostok, Russia.
authors.forename: Olga I
authors.initials: OI
authors.lastname: Nedashkovskaya
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Chungnam National University, 220 Gung-dong, Yusong, Daejon 305-764, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Seung Bum
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: BCCM/LMG Bacteria Collection, Ghent University, Ledeganckstraat 35, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium.
authors.forename: Marc
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vancanneyt
authors.affiliation: Institute of Microbiology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Pr. 60 let October 7/2, Moscow, 117811, Russia.
authors.forename: Anatoly M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Lysenko
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Chungnam National University, 220 Gung-dong, Yusong, Daejon 305-764, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Dong Sung
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Shin
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Microbiology, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Chungnam National University, 220 Gung-dong, Yusong, Daejon 305-764, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Myung Soo
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Park
authors.affiliation: Korea Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, 52 Oun-dong, Yusong, Daejon 305-333, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Kang Hyun
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Korea Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, 52 Oun-dong, Yusong, Daejon 305-333, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Won Jin
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Jung
authors.affiliation: Pacific Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry of the Far-Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Pr. 100 Let Vladivostoku 159, 690022, Vladivostok, Russia.
authors.forename: Natalia I
authors.initials: NI
authors.lastname: Kalinovskaya
authors.affiliation: Pacific Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry of the Far-Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Pr. 100 Let Vladivostoku 159, 690022, Vladivostok, Russia.
authors.forename: Valery V
authors.initials: VV
authors.lastname: Mikhailov
authors.affiliation: Korea Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, 52 Oun-dong, Yusong, Daejon 305-333, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Kyung Sook
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Bae
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Microbiology, Ghent University, Ledeganckstraat 35, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium.|BCCM/LMG Bacteria Collection, Ghent University, Ledeganckstraat 35, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium.
authors.forename: Jean
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Swings
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D001482:Base Composition; D041964:Cytophagaceae / Q000737:chemistry / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000502:physiology; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000032:analysis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D020459:Genes, rRNA / Q000235:genetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D011809:Quinones / Q000032:analysis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012329:RNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D047269:Strongylocentrotus / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D005227:Fatty Acids; D011809:Quinones; D012329:RNA, Bacterial; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S