title: Marixanthomonas ophiurae gen. nov., sp. nov., a marine bacterium of the family Flavobacteriaceae isolated from a deep-sea brittle star.
abstract: An aerobic, Gram-negative, non-motile, yellow-pigmented bacterium, strain KMM 3046(T), was isolated from a deep-sea brittle star from the Fiji Sea and was subjected to a polyphasic taxonomic analysis. Strain KMM 3046(T) grew at 5-32 degrees C and in the presence of 1-12 % (w/v) NaCl. It contained MK-6 as the predominant menaquinone and 3-OH i16 : 0, 3-OH i17 : 0 and 3-OH a17 : 0 as the major fatty acids. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences revealed that strain KMM 3046(T) forms a distinct evolutionary lineage within the family Flavobacteriaceae (phylum Bacteroidetes), displaying 92.3-91.9 % sequence similarity with respect to Salegentibacter species. On the basis of the phenotypic and phylogenetic data, strain KMM 3046(T) represents a novel genus and species of the family Flavobacteriaceae, for which the name Marixanthomonas ophiurae gen. nov., sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain of Marixanthomonas ophiurae is KMM 3046(T) (=NRIC 0684(T)=JCM 14121(T)).
authors.affiliation: Pacific Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Far-Eastern Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Prospect 100 Let Vladivostoku 159, 690022 Vladivostok, Russia.
authors.forename: Lyudmila A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Romanenko
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Department of Applied Biology and Chemistry, Tokyo University of Agriculture, 1-1-1 Sakuragaoka, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 156-8502, Japan.
authors.forename: Masataka
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Uchino
authors.affiliation: Pacific Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Far-Eastern Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Prospect 100 Let Vladivostoku 159, 690022 Vladivostok, Russia.
authors.forename: Galina M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Frolova
authors.affiliation: Pacific Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Far-Eastern Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Prospect 100 Let Vladivostoku 159, 690022 Vladivostok, Russia.
authors.forename: Valery V
authors.initials: VV
authors.lastname: Mikhailov
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000235:genetics; D004447:Echinodermata / Q000382:microbiology*; D005367:Fiji; D041965:Flavobacteriaceae / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009792:Oceans and Seas; D010802:Phylogeny; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D012965:Sodium Chloride / Q000378:metabolism; D013696:Temperature
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; D012965:Sodium Chloride