Carnobacterium jeotgali sp. nov., isolated from a Korean traditional fermented food.
A Gram-positive, facultatively anaerobic bacterium, designated strain MS3(T), was isolated from a traditional Korean fermented food made with freshwater shrimp. Strain MS3(T) was able to grow at 4-37 degrees C, at pH 5.5-9.0 and in the presence of 0-5 % (w/v) NaCl. Optimal growth occurred at 30 degrees C, at pH 8.5 and in the presence of 2 % NaCl. The strain was catalase- and oxidase-negative. It was able to metabolize various carbohydrates as energy sources. 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis showed that strain MS3(T) was most closely related to Carnobacterium pleistocenium FTR1(T) (98.95 % similarity), but the level of DNA-DNA relatedness between the two taxa was less than 16.0 %. The genomic G+C content of strain MS3(T) was 43.9 mol% and the major fatty acid components were C(16 : 0), C(16 : 1)omega9c and C(18 : 1)omega9c. On the basis of its genotypic, physiological and biochemical characteristics, strain MS3(T) is considered to represent a novel species of the genus Carnobacterium, for which the name Carnobacterium jeotgali sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is MS3(T) (=KCTC 13251(T)=JCM 15539(T)).
Kim
Min-Soo
MS
Department of Life and Nanopharmaceutical Sciences and Department of Biology, Kyung Hee University, Seoul 130-701, Korea.
Roh
Seong Woon
SW
Nam
Young-Do
YD
Yoon
Jung-Hoon
JH
Bae
Jin-Woo
JW
D000818:Animals; D056573:Carnobacterium / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000235:genetics; D005285:Fermentation; D007723:Korea; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D033561:Penaeidae / Q000378:metabolism / Q000382:microbiology*; D010802:Phylogeny; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D016930:Saccharopolyspora / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*
D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S