title: Reinekea blandensis sp. nov., a marine, genome-sequenced gammaproteobacterium.
abstract: A novel heterotrophic, moderately halophilic, strictly aerobic, motile bacterium was isolated from a seawater sample collected at the Blanes Bay Microbial Observatory in the north-western Mediterranean Sea. Analysis of its 16S rRNA gene sequence, retrieved from the whole-genome sequence, showed that this bacterium was most closely related to the single-species genera Reinekea and Saccharospirillum (95 and 94 % sequence similarity, respectively) within the class Gammaproteobacteria. The data from phenotypic, genotypic, chemotaxonomic and phylogenetic analyses supported the creation of a novel species of the genus Reinekea to accommodate this bacterium, for which the name Reinekea blandensis sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is MED297(T) (=CECT 7120(T) =CCUG 52066(T)).
authors.affiliation: Marine Microbiology, Department of Biology and Environmental Sciences, University of Kalmar, SE-39182 Kalmar, Sweden.
authors.forename: Jarone
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pinhassi
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Microbiología y Ecología, Universitat de València, Campus de Burjassot, 46100 València, Spain.|Instituto Cavanilles de Biodiversidad y Biología Evolutiva, Universitat de València, Campus de Burjassot, 46100 València, Spain.
authors.forename: María J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Pujalte
authors.affiliation: Colección Española de Cultivos Tipo (CECT), Universitat de València, Campus de Burjassot, 46100 València, Spain.|Departamento de Microbiología y Ecología, Universitat de València, Campus de Burjassot, 46100 València, Spain.
authors.forename: M Carmen
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Macián
authors.affiliation: Institut de Ciències del Mar-CMIMA (CSIC), Passeig Marítim de la Barceloneta 37-49, ES-08003 Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain.
authors.forename: Itziar
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Lekunberri
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Microbiología y Biología Celular, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad de La Laguna, La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain.
authors.forename: José M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: González
authors.affiliation: Institut de Ciències del Mar-CMIMA (CSIC), Passeig Marítim de la Barceloneta 37-49, ES-08003 Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain.
authors.forename: Carlos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pedrós-Alió
authors.affiliation: Colección Española de Cultivos Tipo (CECT), Universitat de València, Campus de Burjassot, 46100 València, Spain.|Departamento de Microbiología y Ecología, Universitat de València, Campus de Burjassot, 46100 València, Spain.
authors.forename: David R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Arahal
mesh_terms: D000332:Aerobiosis / Q000502:physiology; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D020563:Gammaproteobacteria / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000502:physiology; D020459:Genes, rRNA; D008124:Locomotion / Q000502:physiology; D008522:Mediterranean Sea; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; 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; D012965:Sodium Chloride / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D012329:RNA, Bacterial; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; D012965:Sodium Chloride