title: Mangroviflexus xiamenensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the family Marinilabiliaceae isolated from mangrove sediment.
abstract: A Gram-negative, obligately anaerobic, non-spore-forming, long rod-shaped bacterium strain P2(T) was isolated from the offshore mangrove sediment of the South China Sea. Growth was observed at between 22 and 39 °C, with an optimum at 35 °C. The pH range for growth was 5.0-8.5, with an optimum around pH 7.0-7.5. Salt tolerance was determined between 0.2 and 3.5% (w/v), optimum at 0.5-1.0%. Catalase and oxidase activities were negative. Strain P2(T) utilized cysteine, lactate, pyruvate, yeast extract or H(2)/CO(2)+acetate as electron donors, and sulfate or sulfite as electron acceptors. Metabolism was strictly fermentative. The main organic fermentation products were propionate, acetate and succinate. Phylogenetic analyses based on 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that strain P2(T) formed a distinct evolutionary lineage within the family Marinilabiliaceae. Strain P2(T) was most closely related to members of the genera Alkaliflexus (92.0% 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity), Marinilabilia (91.7%) and Anaerophaga (89.9%) of the family Marinilabiliaceae. The DNA G+C content of the novel strain was 44.2 ± 1.0 mol%. The dominant fatty acids of strain P2(T) were iso-C(15:0) (33.5%), anteiso-C(15:0) (18.9%), C(16:0) (5.4%), C(16:0) 3-OH (7.7%) and iso-C(17:0) 3-OH (13.3%). The respiratory quinone was menaquinone 7 (100% of total quinone) and the major polar lipid was phosphatidylethanolamine. Strain P2(T) was distinguishable from members of phylogenetically related genera by differences in several phenotypic properties. On the basis of phylogenetic, phenotypic and physiological evidence, a novel genus, Mangroviflexus, is proposed to harbour strain P2(T) ( = CGMCC 1.5167(T) = DSM 24214(T)) which is described as the type strain of a novel species, Mangroviflexus xiamenensis gen. nov., sp. nov.
authors: Key Laboratory of Marine Biogenetic Resources, Third Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration (SOA), Xiamen 361005, PR China.|Institute of Bioenergy and College of Food Science, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, PR China.
authors: Chao
authors: C
authors: Zhao
authors: Key Laboratory of Marine Biogenetic Resources, Third Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration (SOA), Xiamen 361005, PR China.
authors: Zhaoming
authors: Z
authors: Gao
authors: Laboratory of Marine Biology, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510301, PR China.
authors: Qiwei
authors: Q
authors: Qin
authors: Key Laboratory of Marine Biogenetic Resources, Third Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration (SOA), Xiamen 361005, PR China.
authors: Lingwei
authors: L
authors: Ruan
mesh_terms: D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D001482:Base Composition; D002681:China; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000032:analysis; D019015:Geologic Sediments / Q000382:microbiology*; D006090:Gram-Negative Bacteria / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010641:Phenotype; D010743:Phospholipids / Q000032:analysis; D010802:Phylogeny; D011809:Quinones / Q000032:analysis; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D014871:Water Microbiology
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D005227:Fatty Acids; D010743:Phospholipids; D011809:Quinones; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S