title: Aquimarina macrocephali sp. nov., isolated from sediment adjacent to sperm whale carcasses.
abstract: A Gram-negative, rod-shaped, non-spore-forming, strictly aerobic strain with gliding motility, designated JAMB N27(T), was isolated from sediment adjacent to sperm whale carcasses off Kagoshima, Japan, at a depth of 219 m. Strain JAMB N27(T) contained MK-6 as the major isoprenoid quinone and iso-C₁₅:₀, iso-C₁₅:₁, C₁₆:₁ and iso-C₁₇:₁ as the predominant fatty acids. Casein, chitin, gelatin and starch were degraded. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that strain JAMB N27(T) represented a separate lineage within the genus Aquimarina. The DNA G+C content of strain JAMB N27(T) was 33.1 mol%. DNA-DNA relatedness values between strain JAMB N27(T) and type strains of species of the genus Aquimarina were significantly lower than the cut-off value accepted for the definition of a novel species. Therefore, strain JAMB N27(T) represents a novel species, for which the name Aquimarina macrocephali sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is JAMB N27(T) (=JCM 15542(T)=NCIMB 14508(T)).
authors.affiliation: Institute of Biogeosciences (BioGeos), Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), 2-15 Natsushima-cho, Yokosuka 237-0061, Japan.
authors.forename: Masayuki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Miyazaki
authors.affiliation: Institute of Biogeosciences (BioGeos), Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), 2-15 Natsushima-cho, Yokosuka 237-0061, Japan.
authors.forename: Yuriko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nagano
authors.affiliation: Institute of Biogeosciences (BioGeos), Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), 2-15 Natsushima-cho, Yokosuka 237-0061, Japan.
authors.forename: Yoshihiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Fujiwara
authors.affiliation: Institute of Biogeosciences (BioGeos), Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), 2-15 Natsushima-cho, Yokosuka 237-0061, Japan.
authors.forename: Yuji
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hatada
authors.affiliation: Institute of Biogeosciences (BioGeos), Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), 2-15 Natsushima-cho, Yokosuka 237-0061, Japan.
authors.forename: Yuichi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nogi
mesh_terms: D000332:Aerobiosis; D000818:Animals; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000032:analysis; D041965:Flavobacteriaceae / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000502:physiology; D019015:Geologic Sediments / Q000382:microbiology*; D007564:Japan; D008124:Locomotion; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D010802:Phylogeny; D011809:Quinones / Q000032:analysis; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D050661:Sperm Whale
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D005227:Fatty Acids; D011809:Quinones; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S