title: Leeuwenhoekiella blandensis sp. nov., a genome-sequenced marine member of the family Flavobacteriaceae.
abstract: Bacteria in the family Flavobacteriaceae are increasingly recognized to play important roles in the degradation of organic matter during and following algal blooms. A novel heterotrophic, rod-shaped, aerobic, yellow-pigmented and gliding bacterium was isolated from a seawater sample collected in the Bay of Blanes in the north-western Mediterranean Sea. Analysis of its 16S rRNA gene sequence, retrieved from the whole-genome sequence, showed that the bacterium was closely related to members of the genus Leeuwenhoekiella within the family Flavobacteriaceae, phylum Bacteroidetes. Phenotypic, genotypic, chemotaxonomic and phylogenetic analyses supported the creation of a novel species to accommodate this bacterium, for which the name Leeuwenhoekiella blandensis sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is MED 217(T) (=CECT 7118(T)=CCUG 51940(T)).
authors.affiliation: Marine Microbiology, Department of Biology and Environmental Sciences, University of Kalmar, SE-39182 Kalmar, Sweden.
authors.forename: Jarone
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pinhassi
authors.affiliation: School of Agricultural Science, University of Tasmania, Private Bag 54, Hobart, Tasmania, 7001, Australia.
authors.forename: John P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Bowman
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: Institut de Ciències del Mar-CMIMA (CSIC), Passeig Marítim de la Barceloneta 37-49, E-08003 Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain.
authors.forename: Itziar
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Lekunberri
authors.affiliation: Marine Microbiology, Department of Biology and Environmental Sciences, University of Kalmar, SE-39182 Kalmar, Sweden.
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gomez-Consarnau
authors.affiliation: Institut de Ciències del Mar-CMIMA (CSIC), Passeig Marítim de la Barceloneta 37-49, E-08003 Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain.
authors.forename: Carlos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pedrós-Alió
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D001482:Base Composition; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification; D041965:Flavobacteriaceae / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000502:physiology / Q000648:ultrastructure; D020459:Genes, rRNA; D008522:Mediterranean Sea; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D012329:RNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D012623:Seawater / Q000382:microbiology*; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D014871:Water Microbiology
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D005227:Fatty Acids; D012329:RNA, Bacterial; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S