title: Muricauda antarctica sp. nov., a marine member of the Flavobacteriaceae isolated from Antarctic seawater.
abstract: A Gram-stain-negative, rod-shaped bacterium with appendages, designated Ar-22(T), was isolated from a seawater sample collected from the western part of Prydz Bay, near Cape Darnley, Antarctica. Strain Ar-22(T) grew optimally at 35 °C, at pH 7.5 and in the presence of 1-3% (w/v) NaCl. The isolate was positive for casein, gelatin and Tween 20 decomposition and negative for H2S production and indole formation. Chemotaxonomic analysis showed that MK-6 was the major isoprenoid quinone and phosphatidylethanolamine was the major polar lipid. The major fatty acids were iso-C(17:0) 3-OH, iso-C(15:1) G, iso-C(15:0) and C(16:1)ω7c/iso-C(15:0) 2OH. The genomic DNA G+C content was 44.8 mol%. Comparative 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis revealed that strain Ar-22(T) is closely related to members of the genus Muricauda, sharing 94.2-97.3% sequence similarity with the type strains of species of the genus Muricauda and being most closely related to the Muricauda aquimarina. Phylogenetic analysis based on the 16S rRNA gene sequence comparison confirmed that strain Ar-22(T) formed a deep lineage with Muricauda flavescens. Sequence similarity between strain Ar-22(T) and Muricauda ruestringensis DSM 13258(T), the type species of the genus Muricauda, was 96.9%. Strain Ar-22(T) exhibited mean DNA-DNA relatedness values of 40.1%, 49.4% and 25.7% to M. aquimarina JCM 11811(T), M. flavescens JCM 11812(T) and Muricauda lutimaris KCTC 22173(T), respectively. On the basis of phenotypic and genotypic data, strain Ar-22(T) represents a novel species of the genus Muricauda, for which the name Muricauda antarctica sp. nov. (type strain Ar-22(T) =CGMCC 1.12174(T) = JCM 18450(T)) is proposed.
authors.affiliation: Second Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration, Hangzhou 310012, PR China.|Laboratory of Marine Ecosystem and Biogeochemistry, State Oceanic Administration, Hangzhou 310012, PR China.
authors.forename: Yue-Hong
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.affiliation: Second Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration, Hangzhou 310012, PR China.|Laboratory of Marine Ecosystem and Biogeochemistry, State Oceanic Administration, Hangzhou 310012, PR China.
authors.forename: Pei-Song
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.affiliation: Second Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration, Hangzhou 310012, PR China.|Laboratory of Marine Ecosystem and Biogeochemistry, State Oceanic Administration, Hangzhou 310012, PR China.
authors.forename: Ya-Dong
authors.initials: YD
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.affiliation: Second Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration, Hangzhou 310012, PR China.|Laboratory of Marine Ecosystem and Biogeochemistry, State Oceanic Administration, Hangzhou 310012, PR China.
authors.forename: Lin
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.affiliation: Second Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration, Hangzhou 310012, PR China.|Laboratory of Marine Ecosystem and Biogeochemistry, State Oceanic Administration, Hangzhou 310012, PR China.
authors.forename: Chun-Sheng
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, PR China.
authors.forename: Min
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.affiliation: Institute of Life Sciences, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904, Israel.
authors.forename: Aharon
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Oren
authors.affiliation: Second Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration, Hangzhou 310012, PR China.|Laboratory of Marine Ecosystem and Biogeochemistry, State Oceanic Administration, Hangzhou 310012, PR China.
authors.forename: Xue-Wei
authors.initials: XW
authors.lastname: Xu
mesh_terms: D000864:Antarctic Regions; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D001482:Base Composition; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000032:analysis; D041965:Flavobacteriaceae / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D010714:Phosphatidylethanolamines / Q000032:analysis; D010802:Phylogeny; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D012623:Seawater / Q000382:microbiology*; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D024482:Vitamin K 2 / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000032:analysis; D024341:Xanthophylls / Q000032:analysis; D065146:Zeaxanthins
chemical_list: D005227:Fatty Acids; D010714:Phosphatidylethanolamines; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; D024341:Xanthophylls; D065146:Zeaxanthins; D024482:Vitamin K 2; C483858:phosphatidylethanolamine; C042455:menaquinone 6