title: Bizionia echini sp. nov., isolated from a sea urchin.
abstract: A bacterial strain, designated KMM 6177(T), was isolated from the sea urchin Strongylocentrotus intermedius and subjected to a polyphasic taxonomic investigation. The bacterium was found to be heterotrophic, aerobic, non-motile by gliding and orange-pigmented. Comparative phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequencing placed the marine isolate in the genus Bizionia, a member of the family Flavobacteriaceae, with 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity of 94.9-98.6 % with recognized Bizionia species. Strain KMM 6177(T) grew at 4-39 degrees C and with 1-8 % NaCl. It produced alkaline phosphatase, catalase and oxidase and hydrolysed aesculin, gelatin, DNA and Tween 20. The predominant fatty acids were iso-C(15 : 1), iso-C(15 : 0), iso-C(15 : 0) 3-OH, iso-C(17 : 0) 3-OH and a summed feature (comprising iso-C(15 : 0) 2-OH and/or C(16 : 1)omega7c). The DNA G+C content was 34.4 mol%. A combination of phylogenetic, genotypic and phenotypic data clearly indicated that strain KMM 6177(T) represents a novel species in the genus Bizionia, for which the name Bizionia echini sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is KMM 6177(T) (=KCTC 22015(T)=LMG 25220(T)).
authors: Pacific Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry of the Far-Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Pr. 100 Let Vladivostoku 159, 690022 Vladivostok, Russia.
authors: Olga I
authors: OI
authors: Nedashkovskaya
authors: BCCM/LMG Bacteria Collection, and Laboratory of Microbiology, Ghent University, Ledeganckstraat 35, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium.
authors: Marc
authors: M
authors: Vancanneyt
authors: Department of Microbiology, School of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Chungnam National University, 220 Gung-dong, Yuseong, Daejeon 305-764, Republic of Korea.
authors: Seung Bum
authors: SB
authors: Kim
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D001482:Base Composition; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000032:analysis / Q000235:genetics; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000032:analysis; D041965:Flavobacteriaceae / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000502:physiology; D020459:Genes, rRNA; D005838:Genotype; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010641:Phenotype; D010802:Phylogeny; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D012617:Sea Urchins / Q000382:microbiology*; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D005227:Fatty Acids; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S