title: Muricauda lutaonensis sp. nov., a moderate thermophile isolated from a coastal hot spring.
abstract: A yellow-pigmented, Gram-staining-negative, aerobic, non-motile, moderately thermophilic, rod-shaped bacterium, designated strain CC-HSB-11(T), was isolated from a coastal hot spring of Green Island (Lutao), located off Taituang, Taiwan. 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis demonstrated that it shared <94.4 % sequence similarity with Muricauda species. Menaquinone with six isoprene units (MK-6) was the major respiratory quinone and iso-C(15 : 0), iso-C(15 : 1) G, iso-C(15 : 0) 3-OH, iso-C(16 : 0) 3-OH, iso-C(17 : 0) 3-OH and summed feature 3 (comprising iso-C(15 : 0) 2-OH and/or C(16 : 1)omega7c/t) were the predominant fatty acids. The predominant polar lipids were diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylglycerol and phosphatidylethanolamine. Six unidentified phospholipids and glycolipids also occurred as minor components. The DNA G+C content of strain CC-HSB-11(T) was 46.4+/-1 mol%. On the basis of 16S rRNA gene sequence similarities with other Muricauda species and differentiating fatty acid compositions and other phenotypic data, strain CC-HSB-11(T) represents a novel species in the genus Muricauda, for which the name Muricauda lutaonensis sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is CC-HSB-11(T) (=BCRC 17850(T) =KCTC 22339(T)).
authors.affiliation: Department of Soil & Environmental Sciences, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung 402, Taiwan, Republic of China.
authors.forename: A B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Arun
authors.forename: Wen-Ming
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Wei-An
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: Lai
authors.forename: Jiu-Hsing
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Chao
authors.forename: P D
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Rekha
authors.forename: Fo-Ting
authors.initials: FT
authors.lastname: Shen
authors.forename: Satnam
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: Chiu-Chung
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Young
mesh_terms: D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000235:genetics; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D041965:Flavobacteriaceae / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism; D045482:Hot Springs / Q000382:microbiology*; D006358:Hot Temperature; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D013624:Taiwan
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D005227:Fatty Acids; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S