title: Altererythrobacter ishigakiensis sp. nov., an astaxanthin-producing bacterium isolated from a marine sediment.
abstract: A Gram-negative, non-motile, non-spore-forming, halophilic rod, designated JPCCMB0017(T), was isolated from a marine sediment of the coastal area of Okinawa, Japan. The isolate formed orange-red colonies on marine agar. Bacteriochlorophyll α was absent and sphingoglycolipid 1 and other carotenoids, including astaxanthin, adonixanthin and zeaxanthin, were present. Ubiquinone-10 (Q-10) was the main respiratory quinone and C(18:1)ω7c was the major cellular fatty acid. The G+C content of DNA was 59.1 mol%. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequencing revealed that the isolate was a member of the genus Altererythrobacter in the family Erythrobacteraceae. Strain JPCCMB0017(T) exhibited 96.8% 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity with Altererythrobacter marinus H32(T). Unlike other members of the genus Altererythrobacter, strain JPCCMB0017(T) reduced nitrate. On the basis of genotypic and phenotypic data, a novel species is proposed to accommodate this isolate, with the name Altererythrobacter ishigakiensis sp. nov. The type strain is JPCCMB0017(T) (= NITE-AP48(T)= ATCC BAA-2084(T)=NBRC 107699(T)).
authors.affiliation: Biotechnology Laboratory, Electric Power Development Co., 1, Yanagisaki-machi, Wakamatsu-ku, Kitakyusyu 808-0111, Japan.|Department of Biotechnology, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16, Naka-cho, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan.
authors.forename: Mitsufumi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Matsumoto
authors.affiliation: Department of Biotechnology, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16, Naka-cho, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan.
authors.forename: Daisuke
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Iwama
authors.affiliation: Department of Biotechnology, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16, Naka-cho, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan.
authors.forename: Atsushi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Arakaki
authors.affiliation: Department of Biotechnology, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16, Naka-cho, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan.
authors.forename: Akira
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.affiliation: Department of Biotechnology, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16, Naka-cho, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan.
authors.forename: Tsuyoshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.affiliation: Department of Technology and Ecology, Hall of Global Environmental Studies, Kyoto University, Yoshida-Honmachi, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan.
authors.forename: Hideaki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Miyashita
authors.affiliation: Department of Biotechnology, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16, Naka-cho, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan.
authors.forename: Tadashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Matsunaga
mesh_terms: D020561:Alphaproteobacteria / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000235:genetics; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000378:metabolism; D019015:Geologic Sediments / Q000382:microbiology*; D007564:Japan; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D024341:Xanthophylls / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D005227:Fatty Acids; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; D024341:Xanthophylls; C005948:astaxanthine