title: Kriegella aquimaris gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from marine environments.
abstract: Two novel marine, heterotrophic, gliding, Gram-negative, aerobic and orange-pigmented strains were investigated by using a polyphasic approach. 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis indicated an affiliation of the novel isolates to the family Flavobacteriaceae of the phylum Bacteroidetes. The level of sequence similarity between the strains studied and their closest relatives, the recognized Zobellia species, ranged from 93.2 to 93.9 %. Phylogenetic evidence, supported by several differences in phenotypic characteristics between the novel isolates and Zobellia species such as the absence of nitrate reductase, agarase and gelatinase activities together with the ability to produce acid from galactose, lactose and melibiose, allowed their assignment to a new genus and species, for which the name Kriegella aquimaris gen. nov., sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain of Kriegella aquimaris is KMM 3665(T) (=KCTC 22188(T) =DSM 19886(T)).
authors.affiliation: Pacific Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry of the Far-Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Pr. 100 let Vladivostoku 159, 690022 Vladivostok, Russia. olganedashkovska@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Olga I
authors.initials: OI
authors.lastname: Nedashkovskaya
authors.forename: Makoto
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: Seung Bum
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Valery V
authors.initials: VV
authors.lastname: Mikhailov
mesh_terms: D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D000460:Chlorophyta / Q000382:microbiology*; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000032:analysis; D041965:Flavobacteriaceae / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000502:physiology; D020459:Genes, rRNA; D007564:Japan; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010641:Phenotype; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D012623:Seawater / Q000382:microbiology*; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S