title: Idiomarina planktonica sp. nov., isolated from a saline lake.
abstract: A Gram-stain-negative bacterium, strain TS-T11(T), was isolated from Tuosu lake, a saline lake (salinity 5.4%, w/v) in the Qaidam basin, Qinghai province, China. Its taxonomic position was determined by using a polyphasic approach. Cells of strain TS-T11(T) were non-spore-forming rods, 0.6-0.8 µm wide and 0.8-2.2 µm long, and motile by means of a single polar flagellum. Strain TS-T11(T) was strictly heterotrophic and aerobic. Cells were positive for catalase and oxidase. Growth was observed in the presence of 0.5-11.0% (w/v) NaCl (optimum 4.0-6.0%), at 4-40 °C (optimum 30-35 °C) and at pH 6.0-10.5 (optimum pH 7.5-8.5). Strain TS-T11(T) contained iso-C15:0, iso-C17:0 and iso-C17:1ω9c as the predominant fatty acids (>10%). The major respiratory quinone was Q-8. The polar lipids consisted of a mixture of phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylglycerol, diphosphatidylglycerol and nine uncharacterized phospholipids. The G+C content of genomic DNA was 46.8 mol% (Tm). Phylogenetic trees based on 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that strain TS-T11(T) was associated with the genus Idiomarina, and showed highest 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity to Idiomarina aestuarii KYW314(T) (97.4%) and Idiomarina salinarum ISL-52(T) (97.4%). DNA-DNA relatedness of strain TS-T11(T) to I. aestuarii JCM 16344(T) and I. salinarum DSM 21900(T) was 22.2 ± 2.4 and 11.5 ± 1.6%, respectively. Based on the data presented above, it was concluded that strain TS-T11(T) represents a novel species of the genus Idiomarina, for which the name Idiomarina planktonica sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is TS-T11(T) ( = CGMCC 1.12458(T) = JCM 19263(T)).
authors.affiliation: University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, PR China.|State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, PR China.
authors.forename: Zhi-Ping
authors.initials: ZP
authors.lastname: Zhong
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, PR China.
authors.forename: Ying
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, PR China.
authors.forename: Hong-Can
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Simulation and Regulation of Water Cycle in River Basin, China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research, Beijing 100089, PR China.
authors.forename: Fang
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, PR China.
authors.forename: Lei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Song
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, PR China.
authors.forename: Zhi-Pei
authors.initials: ZP
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D034241:Alteromonadaceae / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D001482:Base Composition; D002681:China; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000737:chemistry; D060106:Lakes / Q000382:microbiology*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010743:Phospholipids / Q000737:chemistry; D010802:Phylogeny; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D054712:Salinity; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D024482:Vitamin K 2 / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000737:chemistry; D014871:Water Microbiology
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D005227:Fatty Acids; D010743:Phospholipids; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; D024482:Vitamin K 2; C024223:vitamin MK 8