title: Aquimarina gracilis sp. nov., isolated from the gut microflora of a mussel, Mytilus coruscus, and emended description of Aquimarina spongiae.
abstract: An orange-coloured and slender rod-shaped bacterium, designated strain PSC32(T), was isolated from the gut microflora of a mussel collected from Gwangyang Bay, South Sea (Republic of Korea). Cells were Gram-reaction-negative, strictly aerobic, and catalase- and oxidase-positive. The major fatty acids were iso-C15 : 0, iso-C17 : 0 3-OH, iso-C15 : 1 G and iso-C15 : 0 3-OH. The only isoprenoid quinone of strain PSC32(T) was MK-6 and the DNA G+C content was 36.9 mol%. Phosphatidylethanolamine, one unidentified aminolipid and two unidentified polar lipids were found as major polar lipids. A phylogenetic tree based on 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that strain PSC32(T) forms an evolutionary lineage within the genus Aquimarina and is closely related to Aquimarina spongiae A6(T) (97.0 % similarity) and to other members of the genus Aquimarina (94.4-96.5 %). Genomic DNA-DNA relatedness between strain PSC32(T) and A. spongiae A6(T) was 40.7 %. A number of phenotypic characteristics distinguished strain PSC32(T) from described members of the genus Aquimarina. On the basis of the evidence presented in this study, strain PSC32(T) represents a novel species, for which the name Aquimarina gracilis sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is PSC32(T) ( = KCTC 23301(T) = JCM 17453(T)). An emended description of Aquimarina spongiae is given.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, College of Life Science and Natural Resources, Sunchon National University, Suncheon 540-742, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Seong Chan
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Park
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, College of Life Science and Natural Resources, Sunchon National University, Suncheon 540-742, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Han Na
authors.initials: HN
authors.lastname: Choe
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, College of Life Science and Natural Resources, Sunchon National University, Suncheon 540-742, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Keun Sik
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Baik
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, College of Life Science and Natural Resources, Sunchon National University, Suncheon 540-742, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Chi Nam
authors.initials: CN
authors.lastname: Seong
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D001482:Base Composition; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000032:analysis; D041965:Flavobacteriaceae / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D041981:Gastrointestinal Tract / Q000382:microbiology*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D049878:Mytilus / Q000382:microbiology*; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D010714:Phosphatidylethanolamines / Q000032:analysis; D010802:Phylogeny; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D056910:Republic of Korea; D012623:Seawater / Q000382:microbiology; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D024482:Vitamin K 2 / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D005227:Fatty Acids; D010714:Phosphatidylethanolamines; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; D024482:Vitamin K 2; C483858:phosphatidylethanolamine; C042455:menaquinone 6