title: Lishizhenia caseinilytica gen. nov., sp. nov., a marine bacterium of the phylum Bacteroidetes.
abstract: A light-orange, aerobic bacterium, strain UST040201-001(T), that degrades casein, gelatin and Tween 20, was isolated in February 2004 from a sand-filtered seawater sample from Port Shelter, Hong Kong SAR, China. The strain possessed menaquinone-6 and its 16S rRNA gene sequence shared only 90.1 % similarity with that of Brumimicrobium glaciale IC156(T). Phylogenetic analysis showed that UST040201-001(T) formed a distinct lineage within the family Cryomorphaceae. Its ecophysiological and biochemical characteristics suggest that this strain represents a novel genus and species within the phylum Bacteroidetes. The name Lishizhenia caseinilytica gen. nov., sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain of Lishizhenia caseinilytica is UST040201-001(T) (=NRRL B-41434(T)=JCM 13821(T)).
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, SAR, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Ken W K
authors.initials: KWK
authors.lastname: Lau
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, SAR, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Jianping
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ren
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, NT, Hong Kong, SAR, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Natalie L M
authors.initials: NLM
authors.lastname: Wai
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, SAR, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Pei-Yuan
authors.initials: PY
authors.lastname: Qian
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, NT, Hong Kong, SAR, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Po-Keung
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Wong
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, SAR, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Madeline
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wu
mesh_terms: D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D041963:Bacteroidetes / Q000737:chemistry / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D002364:Caseins / Q000378:metabolism; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000032:analysis; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000032:analysis; D005780:Gelatin / Q000378:metabolism; D020459:Genes, rRNA; D006723:Hong Kong; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010641:Phenotype; D010802:Phylogeny; D011136:Polysorbates / Q000378:metabolism; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D012623:Seawater / Q000382:microbiology*; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D013045:Species Specificity; D024482:Vitamin K 2 / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D002364:Caseins; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D005227:Fatty Acids; D011136:Polysorbates; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; D024482:Vitamin K 2; D005780:Gelatin