title: Pontibacter salisaro sp. nov., isolated from a clay tablet solar saltern in Korea.
abstract: A Gram-negative, aerobic, rod-shaped, and red-pigmented bacterial strain, HMC5104(T), was isolated from a solar saltern, found in Jeungdo, Republic of Korea (34°59'47″N 126°10'02″E). The major fatty acids were summed feature 4 (comprising iso-C(17:1) I and/or anteiso-C(17:1) B; 37.2%), iso-C(15:0) (20.4%), and iso-C(17.0) 30H (15.3%). The DNA G+C content was 46.0 mol%. The major isoprenoid quinone was menaquinone-7 (MK-7). A phylogenetic tree based on 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that strain HMC5104(T) formed a lineage within the genus Pontibacter, and was closely related to Pontibacter korlensis (95.9%), P. roseus (94.9%), and P. actiniarum (94.3%). Similarities to all other Pontibacter species were between 95.9-93.9%. On the basis of the evidence presented in this study, strain HMC5104(T) represents a novel species of the genus Pontibacter, for which the name Pontibacter salisaro sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is HMC5104(T) (=KCTC 22712(T) = NBRC 105731(T)).
authors.affiliation: Departement of Environmental Science, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon 200-701, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Yochan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Joung
authors.forename: Haneul
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Tae-Seok
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Ahn
authors.forename: Kiseong
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Jon
mesh_terms: D000332:Aerobiosis; D000538:Aluminum Silicates; D001482:Base Composition; D000077215:Clay; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D041964:Cytophagaceae / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000502:physiology; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000032:analysis; D010802:Phylogeny; D010860:Pigments, Biological / Q000378:metabolism; D011809:Quinones / Q000032:analysis; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D056910:Republic of Korea; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D012988:Soil Microbiology
chemical_list: D000538:Aluminum Silicates; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D005227:Fatty Acids; D010860:Pigments, Biological; D011809:Quinones; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; D000077215:Clay