title: Microbulbifer celer sp. nov., isolated from a marine solar saltern of the Yellow Sea in Korea.
abstract: A Gram-negative, non-motile, rod-shaped, Microbulbifer-like bacterial strain, ISL-39(T), was isolated from a marine solar saltern of the Yellow Sea in Korea and was subjected to a polyphasic taxonomic investigation. Strain ISL-39(T) grew optimally at pH 7.0-8.0 and 37 degrees C. It contained Q-8 as the predominant ubiquinone and iso-C(15 : 0), C(16 : 0) and iso-C(17 : 0) as the major fatty acids. The DNA G+C content was 57.7 mol%. A phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that strain ISL-39(T) belonged to the genus Microbulbifer. Strain ISL-39(T) exhibited 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity values of 94.7-97.5 % with respect to the type strains of four recognized Microbulbifer species. DNA-DNA relatedness data and the differential phenotypic properties and phylogenetic distinctiveness of ISL-39(T) make this strain distinguishable from the recognized Microbulbifer species. On the basis of the phenotypic, phylogenetic and genetic data, strain ISL-39(T) represents a novel species of the genus Microbulbifer, for which the name Microbulbifer celer sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is ISL-39(T) (=KCTC 12973(T)=CCUG 54356(T)).
authors.affiliation: Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB), PO Box 115, Yusong, Taejon, Korea.
authors.forename: Jung-Hoon
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Yoon
authors.affiliation: Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB), PO Box 115, Yusong, Taejon, Korea.
authors.forename: Seo-Youn
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Jung
authors.affiliation: Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB), PO Box 115, Yusong, Taejon, Korea.
authors.forename: So-Jung
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.affiliation: Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB), PO Box 115, Yusong, Taejon, Korea.
authors.forename: Tae-Kwang
authors.initials: TK
authors.lastname: Oh
mesh_terms: D034241:Alteromonadaceae / Q000737:chemistry / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D001482:Base Composition; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000032:analysis; D020459:Genes, rRNA; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D007723:Korea; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D010802:Phylogeny; D012329:RNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D012623:Seawater / Q000382:microbiology*; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D013696:Temperature; D014451:Ubiquinone / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D005227:Fatty Acids; D012329:RNA, Bacterial; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; D014451:Ubiquinone