title: Luteimonas lutimaris sp. nov., isolated from a tidal flat.
abstract: A Gram-staining-negative, strictly aerobic bacterium, designated strain G3(T), was isolated from a tidal flat of the Taean coast in South Korea. Cells were moderately halotolerant and non-motile rods showing catalase- and oxidase-positive reactions. Growth of strain G3(T) was observed between 15 and 40 °C (optimum 30 °C) and between pH 5.5 and 9.0 (optimum pH 6.5-7.5). Strain G3(T) contained Q-8 as the predominant lipoquinone and iso-C(15 : 0), iso-C(17 : 1)ω9c, iso-C(16 : 0) and iso-C(11 : 0) as the major fatty acids. The G+C content of the genomic DNA was 69.6 mol%. Phylogenetic analyses based on 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that strain G3(T) formed a tight phylogenetic lineage with Luteimonas mephitis B1953/27.1(T) within the genus Luteimonas and was most closely related to L. mephitis B1953/27.1(T) with 98.0 % 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity. The DNA-DNA relatedness between strain G3(T) and L. mephitis B1953/27.1(T) was 35.2 ± 3.3 %. On the basis of chemotaxonomic data and molecular properties, strain G3(T) represents a novel species of the genus Luteimonas, for which the name Luteimonas lutimaris sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is G3(T) (= KACC 14929(T) = JCM 16916(T)).
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Bioscience, CHA University, Seoul 135-081, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Youn-Je
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Park
authors.affiliation: Department of Life Science & Research Center for Biomolecules and Biosystems, Chung-Ang University, Seoul 156-756, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Moon Su
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Park
authors.affiliation: Department of Life Science & Research Center for Biomolecules and Biosystems, Chung-Ang University, Seoul 156-756, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Seung Hyeon
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Division of Environmental Science and Ecological Engineering, Korea University, Seoul 136-701, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Woojun
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Park
authors.affiliation: Department of Life Science & Research Center for Biomolecules and Biosystems, Chung-Ang University, Seoul 156-756, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Kangseok
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Department of Life Science & Research Center for Biomolecules and Biosystems, Chung-Ang University, Seoul 156-756, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Che Ok
authors.initials: CO
authors.lastname: Jeon
mesh_terms: D001482:Base Composition; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D056910:Republic of Korea; D012623:Seawater / Q000382:microbiology*; D044166:Xanthomonadaceae / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D005227:Fatty Acids; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S