title: Shewanella corallii sp. nov., a marine bacterium isolated from a Red Sea coral.
abstract: A marine bacterial strain, designated fav-2-10-05(T), was isolated from the mucus layer of a coral of the genus Favia, collected from the coral reef in the Gulf of Eilat, Israel (29.5 ° N 34.9 ° E). On the basis of 16S rRNA gene sequence comparisons, strain fav-2-10-05(T) was affiliated with the family Shewanellaceae. The closest relatives of strain fav-2-10-05(T) were Shewanella marisflavi SW-117(T) (96.0 % 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity) and Shewanella haliotis DW-1(T) (95.9 %). Strain fav-2-10-05(T) was Gram-negative, rod-shaped and motile by means of a single polar flagellum and formed yellow-brownish colonies within 2 days of incubation at 26°C. Strain fav-2-10-05(T) demonstrated antibacterial activity against indicator strains and grew in the presence of 0.5-8.0 % (w/v) NaCl and at 10-37°C. The major fatty acids were C₁₇:₁ω8c (21.6 %), iso-C₁₅:₀ (18.6 %), C₁₅:₀ (9.1 %) and iso-C₁₃:₀ (8.9 %). The DNA G+C content was 49.1 mol%. The phylogenetic and phenotypic analyses of strain fav-2-10-05(T) suggested that it belongs to a novel species of the genus Shewanella, for which the name Shewanella corallii sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is fav-2-10-05(T) (=LMG 24563(T) =DSM 21332(T)).
authors.affiliation: Unit of Environmental Engineering, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, PO Box 653, Beer-Sheva 84105, Israel.
authors.forename: Maya
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shnit-Orland
authors.affiliation: Department of Biotechnology Engineering, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, PO Box 653, Beer-Sheva 84105, Israel.
authors.forename: Alex
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sivan
authors.affiliation: National Institute for Biotechnology, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, PO Box 653, Beer-Sheva 84105, Israel.|Department of Biotechnology Engineering, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, PO Box 653, Beer-Sheva 84105, Israel.
authors.forename: Ariel
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kushmaro
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D037421:Anthozoa / Q000382:microbiology*; D000898:Antibiosis; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D001482:Base Composition; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000032:analysis; D005407:Flagella; D019156:Indian Ocean; D007557:Israel; D008124:Locomotion; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D020592:Shewanella / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000502:physiology; D012965:Sodium Chloride / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D005227:Fatty Acids; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; D012965:Sodium Chloride