title: Shewanella spongiae sp. nov., isolated from a marine sponge.
abstract: A psychrophilic bacterium, designated strain HJ039(T), was isolated from a marine sponge collected in the East Sea of Korea (also known as the Sea of Japan). Cells were Gram-negative, motile and rod-shaped (1.8-3.54 microm x 0.27-0.73 microm). Growth was observed between 5 and 26 degrees C (optimum 15 degrees C), at pH 5.0-8.5 (optimum pH 6.0-6.5) and in the presence of 0-6.0 % NaCl (optimum 2.0 %). The 16S rRNA gene sequence of strain HJ039(T) showed high levels of similarity (93.7-95.4 %) with members of the genus Shewanella, especially with Shewanella gaetbuli TF-27(T) (95.2 %), Shewanella decolorationis S12(T) (94.9 %), Shewanella putrefaciens LMG 26268(T) (94.6 %), Shewanella hafniensis P010(T) (94.6 %), Shewanella algae ATCC 51192(T) (94.5 %) and Shewanella kaireitica c931(T) (94.5 %). However, phylogenetic analysis revealed that strain HJ039(T) shared a phyletic line with S. algae and Shewanella amazonensis. The major respiratory quinone was Q-8. The DNA G+C content was 52.8 mol%. The major fatty acids were i-13 : 0 (8.5 %), 15 : 0 (4.2 %), i-15 : 0 (23.2 %), i-15 : 1 (7.9 %), 16 : 0 (8.7 %), 16 : 1omega7 (21.0 %) and 17 : 1omega8 (6.4 %). From this polyphasic taxonomic evidence, strain HJ039(T) is considered to represent a novel species of the genus Shewanella, for which the name Shewanella spongiae sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is HJ039(T) (=KCCM 42304(T)=JCM 13830(T)).
authors.affiliation: Marine and Extreme Genome Research Center, Korea Ocean Research and Development Institute, PO Box 29, Ansan, 425-600, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Sung-Hyun
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: Marine and Extreme Genome Research Center, Korea Ocean Research and Development Institute, PO Box 29, Ansan, 425-600, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Kae Kyoung
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Kwon
authors.affiliation: Marine and Extreme Genome Research Center, Korea Ocean Research and Development Institute, PO Box 29, Ansan, 425-600, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Hee-Soon
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Marine and Extreme Genome Research Center, Korea Ocean Research and Development Institute, PO Box 29, Ansan, 425-600, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Sang-Jin
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000032:analysis; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000032:analysis; D020459:Genes, rRNA; D007723:Korea; D008386:Marine Biology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D011161:Porifera / Q000382:microbiology*; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D020592:Shewanella / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D005227:Fatty Acids; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S