title: Thalassomonas agarivorans sp. nov., a marine agarolytic bacterium isolated from shallow coastal water of An-Ping Harbour, Taiwan, and emended description of the genus Thalassomonas.
abstract: A marine agarolytic bacterium, designated strain TMA1(T), was isolated from a seawater sample collected in a shallow-water region of An-Ping Harbour, Taiwan. It was non-fermentative and Gram-negative. Cells grown in broth cultures were straight or curved rods, non-motile and non-flagellated. The isolate required NaCl for growth and exhibited optimal growth at 25 degrees C and 3 % NaCl. It grew aerobically and was incapable of anaerobic growth by fermenting glucose or other carbohydrates. Predominant cellular fatty acids were C(16 : 0) (17.5 %), C(17 : 1)omega8c (12.8 %), C(17 : 0) (11.1 %), C(15 : 0) iso 2-OH/C(16 : 1)omega7c (8.6 %) and C(13 : 0) (7.3 %). The DNA G + C content was 41.0 mol%. Phylogenetic, phenotypic and chemotaxonomic data accumulated in this study revealed that the isolate could be classified in a novel species of the genus Thalassomonas in the family Colwelliaceae. The name Thalassomonas agarivorans sp. nov. is proposed for the novel species, with TMA1(T) (=BCRC 17492(T) = JCM 13379(T)) as the type strain.
authors.affiliation: Center for General Education, Leader University, No. 188, Sec. 5, An-Chung Rd, Tainan, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Wen Dar
authors.initials: WD
authors.lastname: Jean
authors.affiliation: Institute of Oceanography, National Taiwan University, PO Box 23-13, Taipei, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Wung Yang
authors.initials: WY
authors.lastname: Shieh
authors.affiliation: Institute of Oceanography, National Taiwan University, PO Box 23-13, Taipei, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Tung Yen
authors.initials: TY
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D001421:Bacteria, Anaerobic / Q000145:classification / Q000254:growth & development / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000032:analysis; D005407:Flagella / Q000502:physiology; D020563:Gammaproteobacteria / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D012329:RNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D012623:Seawater / Q000382:microbiology*; D013624:Taiwan; D014871:Water Microbiology
chemical_list: D005227:Fatty Acids; D012329:RNA, Bacterial; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S