title: Kistimonas scapharcae sp. nov., isolated from a dead ark clam (Scapharca broughtonii), and emended description of the genus Kistimonas.
abstract: A Gram-negative, motile, facultatively anaerobic rod, designated A36(T), was isolated from a dead ark clam found on the south coast of Korea. The isolate was catalase- and oxidase-negative. 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis indicated that strain A36(T) was most closely related to Kistimonas asteriae KMD 001(T), with which it shared 98.2% 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity. Strain A36(T) grew optimally at 30-37 °C, with 1% (w/v) NaCl and at pH 8.0. The major respiratory quinone was ubiquinone-9 (Q-9). The major polar lipids were phosphatidylserine, phosphoethanolamine, phosphatidylglycerol and diphosphatidylglycerol. The major fatty acids were summed feature 3 (comprising C(16:1)ω7c and/or iso-C(15) 2-OH) and C(16:0). The genomic DNA G+C content was 47.3 mol%. DNA-DNA relatedness between the isolate and K. asteriae JCM 15607(T) was <25 ± 3%. Strain A36(T) represents a novel species of the genus Kistimonas, for which the name Kistimonas scapharcae sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is A36(T) ( = KACC 16204(T)  = JCM 17805(T)). An emended description of the genus Kistimonas is also provided.
authors.affiliation: Department of Life and Nanopharmaceutical Sciences and Department of Biology, Kyung Hee University, Seoul 130-701, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Jina
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Department of Life and Nanopharmaceutical Sciences and Department of Biology, Kyung Hee University, Seoul 130-701, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Na-Ri
authors.initials: NR
authors.lastname: Shin
authors.affiliation: Department of Life and Nanopharmaceutical Sciences and Department of Biology, Kyung Hee University, Seoul 130-701, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Hae-Won
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Department of Life and Nanopharmaceutical Sciences and Department of Biology, Kyung Hee University, Seoul 130-701, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Seong Woon
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Roh
authors.affiliation: Department of Life and Nanopharmaceutical Sciences and Department of Biology, Kyung Hee University, Seoul 130-701, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Min-Soo
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Biotechnology Research Division, National Fisheries Research and Development Institute, Gijang, Busan 619-705, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Young-Ok
authors.initials: YO
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Department of Life and Nanopharmaceutical Sciences and Department of Biology, Kyung Hee University, Seoul 130-701, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Jin-Woo
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Bae
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D001482:Base Composition; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000032:analysis; D020563:Gammaproteobacteria / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D056910:Republic of Korea; D049894:Scapharca / Q000382:microbiology*; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D014451:Ubiquinone / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D005227:Fatty Acids; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; D014451:Ubiquinone; C030571:ubiquinone 9