title: Rhodobacter vinaykumarii sp. nov., a marine phototrophic alphaproteobacterium from tidal waters, and emended description of the genus Rhodobacter.
abstract: A rod-shaped, phototrophic, purple non-sulfur bacterium was isolated in pure culture from seawater collected from the seashore of Visakhapatnam, on the east coast of India, in a medium that contained 2 % NaCl (w/v). Strain JA123(T) was Gram-negative and non-motile and had a requirement for NaCl. Photo-organoheterotrophic and chemo-organoheterotrophic growth occurred with organic compounds as carbon sources and electron donors. Photolithoautotrophic, chemolithoautotrophic and fermentative growth could not be demonstrated. Strain JA123(T) contained vesicular intracellular photosynthetic membrane structures. Bacteriochlorophyll a and probably carotenoids of the spheroidene series were present as photosynthetic pigments. Biotin was required for growth. Phylogenetic analysis on the basis of 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that strain JA123(T) clustered with species of the genus Rhodobacter. Based on 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis and morphological and physiological characteristics, strain JA123(T) is sufficiently different from other Rhodobacter species to propose a novel species, Rhodobacter vinaykumarii sp. nov., to accommodate this strain; the type strain is JA123(T) (=DSM 18714(T) =JCM 14544(T) =CCUG 54311(T)).
authors.affiliation: Bacterial Discovery Laboratory, Centre for Environment, Institute of Science and Technology, J. N. T. University, Kukatpally, Hyderabad 500 085, India.
authors.forename: T N R
authors.initials: TNR
authors.lastname: Srinivas
authors.affiliation: Bacterial Discovery Laboratory, Centre for Environment, Institute of Science and Technology, J. N. T. University, Kukatpally, Hyderabad 500 085, India.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Anil Kumar
authors.affiliation: Bacterial Discovery Laboratory, Centre for Environment, Institute of Science and Technology, J. N. T. University, Kukatpally, Hyderabad 500 085, India.
authors.forename: Ch
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sasikala
authors.affiliation: Department of Plant Sciences, School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad, PO Central University, Hyderabad 500 046, India.
authors.forename: Ch V
authors.initials: CV
authors.lastname: Ramana
authors.affiliation: Leibniz-Institut für Meereswissenschaften IFM-GEOMAR, Marine Mikrobiologie, Düsternbrooker Weg 20, 24105 Kiel, Germany.
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Imhoff
mesh_terms: D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D025541:Bacteriochlorophyll A / Q000032:analysis; D001710:Biotin / Q000378:metabolism; D002338:Carotenoids / Q000032:analysis; D003593:Cytoplasm / Q000737:chemistry; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D005285:Fermentation; D020459:Genes, rRNA; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D007194:India; D008124:Locomotion / Q000502:physiology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D015388:Organelles / Q000378:metabolism; D009930:Organic Chemicals / Q000378:metabolism; D052817:Phototrophic Processes; D010802:Phylogeny; D010860:Pigments, Biological / Q000096:biosynthesis; D012329:RNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D016992:Rhodobacter / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000502:physiology; D012623:Seawater / Q000382:microbiology*; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D012965:Sodium Chloride / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D025541:Bacteriochlorophyll A; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D009930:Organic Chemicals; D010860:Pigments, Biological; D012329:RNA, Bacterial; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; D002338:Carotenoids; D012965:Sodium Chloride; D001710:Biotin