Sediminitomix flava gen. nov., sp. nov., of the phylum Bacteroidetes, isolated from marine sediment.
A novel bacterium designated Mok-1-85(T) was isolated from a marine sediment sample collected from Okinawa Island, Japan. Cells of strain Mok-1-85(T) stained Gram-negative, were catalase- and oxidase-positive and were non-motile. In a neighbour-joining tree based on 16S rRNA gene sequences, the novel strain clustered with the genus Flammeovirga, a member of the family 'Flammeovirgaceae'. The novel isolate shared low 16S rRNA gene sequence similarities (<or=86 %) with the members of the genus Flammeovirga and other related taxa. The major isoprenoid quinone was MK-7 and the predominant fatty acids of this organism were iso-C(15 : 0), C(16 : 1) omega 5c and C(16 : 0) 3-OH. The G+C content of the DNA was 38 mol%. Combined phylogenetic and physiological data showed that strain Mok-1-85(T) represents a novel genus and species for which the name Sediminitomix flava gen. nov., sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is Mok-1-85(T) (=NBRC 101625(T)=KCTC 12970(T)=CIP 109411(T)).
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Shams Tabrez
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Biological Resource Center (NBRC), National Institute of Technology and Evaluation (NITE), 2-5-8 Kazusa-kamatari, Kisarazu, Chiba 292-0818, Japan.
Nakagawa
Yasuyoshi
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Biological Resource Center (NBRC), National Institute of Technology and Evaluation (NITE), 2-5-8 Kazusa-kamatari, Kisarazu, Chiba 292-0818, Japan.
Harayama
Shigeaki
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Biological Resource Center (NBRC), National Institute of Technology and Evaluation (NITE), 2-5-8 Kazusa-kamatari, Kisarazu, Chiba 292-0818, Japan.
D041963:Bacteroidetes / Q000737:chemistry / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001482:Base Composition; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000235:genetics; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000032:analysis; D019015:Geologic Sediments / Q000382:microbiology*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics
D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D005227:Fatty Acids; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S