title: Myroides pelagicus sp. nov., isolated from seawater in Thailand.
abstract: An aerobic, Gram-negative, non-motile, yellow-to-orange pigmented and rod-shaped bacterium, designated strain SM1(T), was isolated from seawater in Thailand and subjected to a polyphasic taxonomic study. Phylogenetic analyses based on 16S rRNA gene sequences revealed that the novel isolate shared 93-95 % sequence similarity with species of the genus Myroides. The DNA-DNA relatedness values of strain SM1(T) with Myroides odoratimimus JCM 7460(T) and Myroides odoratus JCM 7458(T) were below 70 %. The DNA G+C content of strain SM1(T) was 33.6 mol%, the major menaquinone was MK-6 and the major fatty acids were C(15 : 0) iso, C(17 : 1)omega9c iso and C(17 : 0) iso 3-OH. Based on its phenotypic and chemotaxonomic characteristics, strain SM1(T) was classified as representing a novel species of the genus Myroides, for which the name Myroides pelagicus sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is SM1(T) (=IAM 15337(T)=KCTC 12661(T)).
authors.affiliation: Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, The University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-Ku, Tokyo 113-0032, Japan.
authors.forename: Jaewoo
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yoon
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Applied Microbiology, Research Institute for Bioresources, Okayama University, 2-20-1 Chuo, Kurashiki, 710-0046, Japan.
authors.forename: Suppasil
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Maneerat
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Applied Microbiology, Research Institute for Bioresources, Okayama University, 2-20-1 Chuo, Kurashiki, 710-0046, Japan.
authors.forename: Fusako
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Kawai
authors.affiliation: Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, The University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-Ku, Tokyo 113-0032, Japan.
authors.forename: Akira
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yokota
mesh_terms: D041963:Bacteroidetes / Q000737:chemistry / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D001482:Base Composition; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000032:analysis; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D009792:Oceans and Seas; D010802:Phylogeny; D012329:RNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D013785:Thailand; D024482:Vitamin K 2 / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000032:analysis; D014871:Water Microbiology
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D005227:Fatty Acids; D012329:RNA, Bacterial; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; D024482:Vitamin K 2; C042455:menaquinone 6