title: Albimonas pacifica sp. nov., isolated from seawater of the Pacific, and emended description of the genus Albimonas.
abstract: A Gram-stain-negative, aerobic, catalase- and oxidase-positive, non-flagellated, rod-shaped bacterium, designated strain P-50-3(T), was isolated from seawater of the Pacific. The strain grew at 10-40 °C (optimum at 30 °C) and with 0-12 % (w/v, optimum 2 %) NaCl. It reduced nitrate to nitrite but did not hydrolyse gelatin, starch or Tween 80. Analysis of 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that strain P-50-3(T) clustered tightly with the genus Albimonas and shared the highest 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity (94.3 %) with the type strain of Albimonas donghaensis. The major respiratory quinone was Q-10 and the major cellular fatty acids were C18 : 1ω7c, C18 : 0, 11-methyl C18 : 1ω7c and C16 : 0. Polar lipids included phosphatidylglycerol (PG), phosphatidylcholine (PC), two unidentified aminolipids and an unidentified lipid. The genomic DNA G+C content of strain P-50-3(T) was 69.0 mol%. On the basis of the data obtained in this polyphasic study, strain P-50-3(T) represents a novel species within the genus Albimonas, for which the name Albimonas pacifica sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain of Albimonas pacifica is P-50-3(T) ( = KACC 16527(T) = CGMCC 1.11030(T)). An emended description of the genus Albimonas Lim et al. 2008 is also proposed.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Marine Biotechnology Research Center, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, PR China.
authors.forename: Guo-Wei
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Marine Biotechnology Research Center, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, PR China.
authors.forename: Xi-Ying
authors.initials: XY
authors.lastname: Zhang
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: State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Marine Biotechnology Research Center, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, PR China.
authors.forename: Yan-Jiao
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Zhang
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
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Marine Biotechnology Research Center, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, PR China.
authors.forename: Chang
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Marine Biotechnology Research Center, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, PR China.
authors.forename: Hai
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Marine Biotechnology Research Center, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, PR China.
authors.forename: Ang
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Marine Biotechnology Research Center, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, PR China.
authors.forename: Zhong
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Marine Biotechnology Research Center, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, PR China.
authors.forename: Xiao-Yan
authors.initials: XY
authors.lastname: Song
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Marine Biotechnology Research Center, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, PR China.
authors.forename: Xiu-Lan
authors.initials: XL
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Marine Biotechnology Research Center, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, PR China.
authors.forename: Bai-Cheng
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Marine Biotechnology Research Center, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, PR China.
authors.forename: Yu-Zhong
authors.initials: YZ
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D001482:Base Composition; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000032:analysis; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010140:Pacific Ocean; D010713:Phosphatidylcholines / Q000032:analysis; D010715:Phosphatidylglycerols / Q000032:analysis; D010802:Phylogeny; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D041902:Rhodobacteraceae / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012623:Seawater / Q000382:microbiology*; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D014451:Ubiquinone / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D005227:Fatty Acids; D010713:Phosphatidylcholines; D010715:Phosphatidylglycerols; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; D014451:Ubiquinone; C024989:coenzyme Q10