title: Flaviramulus aquimarinus sp. nov., isolated from seawater.
abstract: A yellow-coloured, rod-shaped, non-motile, Gram-stain-negative and facultative anaerobic bacterium, designated KYW499(T), was isolated from seawater collected at Suncheon Bay, Republic of Korea. The isolate required sea salts for growth. Flexirubin-type pigments were absent. Major cellular fatty acids (>10 % of total) were iso-C15 : 0, iso-C15 : 1 G, iso-C17 : 0 3-OH, iso-C15 : 0 3-OH. The main polar lipids were phosphatidylethanolamine and two unidentified polar lipids. The predominant isoprenoid quinone was MK-6. The genomic DNA G+C content was 31.7 mol%. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences indicated that strain KYW499(T) belonged to the family Flavobacteriaceae, and was related to the genus Flaviramulus. Data from a polyphasic taxonomy study suggested that the isolate represents a novel species of the genus Flaviramulus, for which the name Flaviramulus aquimarinus sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is KYW499(T) ( = KCTC 23924(T) = JCM 18274(T)).
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, College of Life Science and Natural Resources, Sunchon National University, Suncheon 540-742, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Ji Hee
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Division of Life Sciences, Korea Basic Science Institute, Daejeon 305-806, 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: D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D001482:Base Composition; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000737:chemistry; D041965:Flavobacteriaceae / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010714:Phosphatidylethanolamines / Q000737:chemistry; D010802:Phylogeny; D010858:Pigmentation; 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 / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D005227:Fatty Acids; D010714:Phosphatidylethanolamines; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; D024482:Vitamin K 2; C483858:phosphatidylethanolamine; C042455:menaquinone 6