title: Shimia biformata sp. nov., isolated from surface seawater, and emended description of the genus Shimia Choi and Cho 2006.
abstract: A novel, Gram-staining-negative, non-flagellated, oval or short-rod-shaped, strictly aerobic and non-spore-forming marine bacterium, designated strain CC-AMW-C(T), was isolated from coastal surface seawater in Kending County, Taiwan. Cells of strain CC-AMW-C(T) displayed unusual morphology and formed colourless or beige colonies on marine agar. The isolate shared pairwise 16S rRNA gene sequence similarities of 97.2 and 97.1 % with Shimia marina BCRC 80068(T) and Shimia isoporae BCRC 80085(T), respectively, and established a discrete phyletic lineage closely associated with the members of the genus Shimia. DNA-DNA hybridization values indicated <18.2 % genomic relatedness with species of the genus Shimia. The polar lipid profile of strain CC-AMW-C(T) comprised diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylcholine, two unidentified aminolipids, four unidentified lipids and an unidentified phospholipid. The predominant fatty acids were C18 : 1ω7c and/or C18 : 1ω6c (summed feature 8; 75.5 %). The DNA G+C content was 61.2 mol%. The predominant respiratory quinone was ubiquinone Q-10 and the major polyamine was cadaverine. The chemotaxonomic evidence, including extraordinary amounts of C18 : 1ω7c and/or C18 : 1ω6c, major polar lipids, polyamine, quinone and DNA G+C contents of CC-AMW-C(T), was in line with that of the members of the genus Shimia. Thus, strain CC-AMW-C(T) should be classified as a novel species of the genus Shimia, for which the name Shimia biformata sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is CC-AMW-C(T) ( = JCM 18818(T) = BCRC 80548(T)). An emended description of the genus Shimia is also proposed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Soil & Environmental Sciences, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung 402, Taiwan, ROC.
authors.forename: Asif
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hameed
authors.affiliation: Department of Soil & Environmental Sciences, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung 402, Taiwan, ROC.
authors.forename: Mariyam
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shahina
authors.affiliation: Department of Soil & Environmental Sciences, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung 402, Taiwan, ROC.
authors.forename: Shih-Yao
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.affiliation: Department of Soil & Environmental Sciences, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung 402, Taiwan, ROC.
authors.forename: Wei-An
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: Lai
authors.affiliation: Department of Soil & Environmental Sciences, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung 402, Taiwan, ROC.
authors.forename: Yi-Han
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Hsu
authors.affiliation: Department of Soil & Environmental Sciences, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung 402, Taiwan, ROC.
authors.forename: You-Cheng
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Bachelor program of Biotechnology, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung 402, Taiwan, ROC.
authors.forename: Yu-Ming
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.affiliation: Agricultural Biotechnology Center, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung 402, Taiwan, ROC.|Department of Soil & Environmental Sciences, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung 402, Taiwan, ROC.
authors.forename: Chiu-Chung
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Young
mesh_terms: D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D001482:Base Composition; D002103:Cadaverine / Q000737:chemistry; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000737:chemistry; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D010743:Phospholipids / Q000737:chemistry; 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; D013624:Taiwan; D014451:Ubiquinone / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D005227:Fatty Acids; D010743:Phospholipids; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; D014451:Ubiquinone; C025204:Ubiquinone Q2; D002103:Cadaverine