title: Chryseobacterium piscicola sp. nov., isolated from diseased salmonid fish.
abstract: Eight bacterial strains isolated from diseased rainbow trout (n=5) and Atlantic salmon (n=3) were characterized by phenotypic and molecular taxonomic methods. The isolates were negative for the Gram-reaction, non-motile, rod-shaped and catalase- and oxidase-positive. Colonies on solid media were yellow, smooth, shiny and circular with regular edges. Growth occurred at 4-28 degrees C (optimum, 15 degrees C) and with 0-3 % NaCl (optimum, 0.5 %). Analysis of the 16S rRNA gene sequence allocated the micro-organisms to the genus Chryseobacterium, with Chryseobacterium soldanellicola PSD1-4(T) and Chryseobacterium soli JS6-6(T) as their closest relatives (96.9 and 97.1 % sequence similarity, respectively). The levels of DNA-DNA hybridization towards these nearest phylogenetic neighbours were below 17.1 %. The DNA G+C contents of strains VQ-6316s(T) and VQ-4836s were 32.5 and 32.3 mol%, respectively. The predominant menaquinone was MK-6 and the major fatty acids were iso-C(15 : 0), anteiso-C(15 : 0), iso-C(17 : 1)omega9c, iso-C(17 : 0) 3-OH and summed feature 3 (comprising C(16 : 1)omega7c and/or C(16 : 1)omega7t and/or iso-C(15 : 0) 2-OH). The eight isolates were classified as representatives of a novel species, Chryseobacterium piscicola sp. nov., with strain VQ-6316s(T) (=CECT 7357(T)=DSM 21068(T)) as the type strain.
authors: Laboratorio de Veterquímica, Camino Melipilla 5641, Cerrillos, Santiago, Chile.
authors: Pedro
authors: P
authors: Ilardi
authors: Jorge
authors: J
authors: Fernández
authors: Ruben
authors: R
authors: Avendaño-Herrera
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D045247:Chryseobacterium / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000235:genetics; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D005393:Fish Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D045826:Flavobacteriaceae Infections / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D012487:Salmonidae / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D005227:Fatty Acids; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S