title: Iamia majanohamensis gen. nov., sp. nov., an actinobacterium isolated from sea cucumber Holothuria edulis, and proposal of Iamiaceae fam. nov.
abstract: A novel, Gram-positive bacterial strain, F12(T), was isolated from the abdominal epidermis of a sea cucumber, Holothuria edulis, collected from seawater off the coast of Japan. According to 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis, this strain represents a novel, deep-rooting lineage within the class Actinobacteria and clusters with uncultured bacteria and Acidimicrobium ferrooxidans. Compared to species with validly published names, the highest 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity (89.8 %) was to Acidimicrobium ferrooxidans DSM 10331(T). Phylogenetic analyses showed that strain F12(T) represents a distinct phylogenetic lineage related closely to the genus Acidimicrobium. Strain F12(T) contained MK-9(H(6)) as the major menaquinone, whilst 17 : 0, 17 : 1omega8c, 15 : 0 and 16 : 0 were the major cellular fatty acids. The cell-wall peptidoglycan of strain F12(T) was composed of meso-diaminopimelic acid as the diagnostic diamino acid, alanine and glutamic acid (1 : 2 : 1). The cell-wall sugars detected were rhamnose, mannose, arabinose, galactose and xylose. The G+C content of the DNA was 74.4 mol%. From the taxonomic data obtained in this study, the name Iamia majanohamensis gen. nov., sp. nov. is proposed for the isolate, with type strain F12(T) (=NBRC 102561(T)=DSM 19957(T)). The name Iamiaceae fam. nov. is also proposed for the distinct phyletic line represented by the genus Iamia.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, The University of Tokyo, Yayoi 1-1-1, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0032, Japan. kuramido@iam.u-tokyo.ac.jp
authors.forename: Midori
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kurahashi
authors.forename: Yukiyo
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Fukunaga
authors.forename: Yayoi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sakiyama
authors.forename: Shigeaki
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Harayama
authors.forename: Akira
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yokota