title: Marinobacterium lutimaris sp. nov., isolated from a tidal flat.
abstract: A Gram-staining-negative, moderately halophilic bacterium, designated strain AN9T, was isolated from a tidal flat of the Taean coast in South Korea. Cells were catalase- and oxidase-positive short rods that were motile by means of a single polar flagellum. Growth of strain AN9T was observed at 15-40 degrees C (optimum, 25-30 degrees C) and at pH 6.0-8.0 (optimum, pH 6.5-7.5). Strain AN9T contained ubiquinone Q-8 as the predominant isoprenoid quinone and C10:0 3-OH (31.7%), C18:1omega7c (24.8%), C16:0 (14.7%) and summed feature 3 (comprising C16:1omega7c and/or iso-C15:0 2-OH, 10.72%) as the major fatty acids. The G+C content of the genomic DNA of strain AN9T was 58 mol%. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that strain AN9T was related to members of the genus Marinobacterium and was related most closely to Marinobacterium litorale IMCC1877T (96.8% similarity). On the basis of chemotaxonomic and molecular data, strain AN9T is considered to represent a novel species of the genus Marinobacterium, for which the name Marinobacterium lutimaris sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is AN9T (=KACC 13703T =DSM 22012T).
authors.affiliation: Department of Life Science, Chung-Ang University, Seoul 156-756, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Jeong Myeong
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Department of Life Science, Chung-Ang University, Seoul 156-756, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Se Hee
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Department of Life Science, Chung-Ang University, Seoul 156-756, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Ji Young
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Jung
authors.affiliation: Department of Life Science, Chung-Ang University, Seoul 156-756, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Che Ok
authors.initials: CO
authors.lastname: Jeon
mesh_terms: D034241:Alteromonadaceae / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000235:genetics; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D012623:Seawater / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D005227:Fatty Acids; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S