title: Psychroflexus salinarum sp. nov., isolated from a marine solar saltern.
abstract: A Gram-negative, non-motile and rod-shaped bacterial strain, ISL-14(T), was isolated from a marine solar saltern of the Yellow Sea, Korea, and its taxonomic position was investigated by a polyphasic study. Strain ISL-14(T) grew optimally at pH 7.0-8.0, 30 degrees C and in the presence of approximately 2 % (w/v) NaCl. It contained MK-6 as the predominant menaquinone and anteiso-C(15 : 0), iso-C(15 : 0) and iso-C(16 : 0) 3-OH as the major fatty acids. The DNA G+C content was 38.5 mol%. A phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that strain ISL-14(T) belonged to the genus Psychroflexus. The levels of similarity between the 16S rRNA gene sequence of strain ISL-14(T) and those of the type strains of recognized Psychroflexus species were 95.8-96.8 %. On the basis of phenotypic, chemotaxonomic and phylogenetic data, strain ISL-14(T) represents a novel species within the genus Psychroflexus, for which the name Psychroflexus salinarum sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is ISL-14(T) (=KCTC 22483(T)=CCUG 56752(T)).
authors.affiliation: Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB), PO Box 115, Yusong, Taejon, Republic of Korea. jhyoon@kribb.re.kr
authors.forename: Jung-Hoon
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Yoon
authors.forename: So-Jung
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.forename: Yong-Taek
authors.initials: YT
authors.lastname: Jung
authors.forename: Tae-Kwang
authors.initials: TK
authors.lastname: Oh
mesh_terms: D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000235:genetics; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000378:metabolism; D041965:Flavobacteriaceae / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism; D007723:Korea; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D012623:Seawater / Q000382:microbiology*; D012965:Sodium Chloride / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D005227:Fatty Acids; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; D012965:Sodium Chloride