title: Rubritalea marina gen. nov., sp. nov., a marine representative of the phylum 'Verrucomicrobia', isolated from a sponge (Porifera).
abstract: A marine bacterium, strain Pol012(T), was isolated from the Mediterranean sponge Axinella polypoides and subsequently characterized as belonging to subphylum 1 of the phylum 'Verrucomicrobia'. Strain Pol012(T) was non-motile, Gram-negative, coccoid or rod-shaped and red in colour. The menaquinones MK-8 and MK-9 were detected. The G+C content of the genomic DNA was 50.9 mol%. Growth was possible at temperatures between 8 and 30 degrees C and at pH values between 6.8 and 8.2. The closest cultured relative of strain Pol012(T) was Akkermansia muciniphila (83 % sequence similarity), while the closest environmental 16S rRNA gene sequence was the marine clone Arctic96BD-2 (95 % sequence similarity). Strain Pol012(T) is the first marine pure-culture representative of 'Verrucomicrobia' subphylum 1 and represents a novel genus and species, for which the name Rubritalea marina gen. nov., sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is Pol012(T) (=DSM 177716(T)=CIP 108984(T)).
authors.affiliation: Zentrum für Infektionsforschung, Universität Würzburg, Röntgenring 11, D-97070 Würzburg, Germany.
authors.forename: Matthias
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Scheuermayer
authors.affiliation: Lehrstuhl für Organische Chemie 1, Am Hubland, D-97074 Würzburg, Germany.
authors.forename: Tobias A M
authors.initials: TAM
authors.lastname: Gulder
authors.affiliation: Lehrstuhl für Organische Chemie 1, Am Hubland, D-97074 Würzburg, Germany.
authors.forename: Gerhard
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bringmann
authors.affiliation: Zentrum für Infektionsforschung, Universität Würzburg, Röntgenring 11, D-97070 Würzburg, Germany.
authors.forename: Ute
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Hentschel
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001419:Bacteria / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001482:Base Composition; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D008522:Mediterranean Sea; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011161:Porifera / Q000382:microbiology*; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000032:analysis* / Q000235:genetics; D012623:Seawater; D014871:Water Microbiology
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S