title: Pseudovibrio hongkongensis sp. nov., isolated from a marine flatworm.
abstract: A Gram-negative, motile, rod-shaped bacterial strain, designated UST20140214-015B(T), was isolated from a marine flatworm (Polyclad). The bacterium was found to be Gram-negative, oxidase and catalase positive, long-rod shaped, and motile by means of several peritrichous or subpolar flagella. Strain UST20140214-015B(T) grew optimally at 28 °C, at pH 7.0 and in the presence of 3 % (w/v) NaCl. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences indicated that strain UST20140214-015B(T) belongs to the genus Pseudovibrio, with highest sequence similarity to Pseudovibrio japonicus WSF2(T) (96.9 %), followed by P. ascidiaceicola F423(T) (96.7 %), P. denitrificans DN34(T) (96.6 %), P. axinellae Ad2(T) (96.3 %). All the other species shared <95.5 % sequence similarity. The principal fatty acids were identified as summed feature 8 (C18:1 ω7c/ω6c, as defined by the MIDI system; 70.8 %), C16:0 (9.1 %), summed feature 3 (C16:1 ω6c/C16:1 ω7c; 5.7 %). The G+C content of the chromosomal DNA was determined to be 53.3 mol%. The combined genotypic and phenotypic data show that strain UST20140214-015B(T) represents a novel species within the genus Pseudovibrio, for which the name Pseudovibrio hongkongensis sp. nov. is proposed, with the type strain UST20140214-015B(T) (=KCTC 42383(T) = MCCC 1K00451(T)).
authors.affiliation: Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Marine Bioresource & Eco-environmental Science, Shenzhen Engineering Laboratory for Marine Algal Biotechnology, College of Life Science, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, China.
authors.forename: Ying
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Qi
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Renmao
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Tian
authors.forename: Qiliang
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Lai
authors.forename: Yu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D059001:Aquatic Organisms / Q000382:microbiology; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D001482:Base Composition; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D003600:Cytosol / Q000737:chemistry; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D004798:Enzymes / Q000032:analysis; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000032:analysis; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D008124:Locomotion; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D010986:Platyhelminths / Q000382:microbiology; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D041902:Rhodobacteraceae / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D012965:Sodium Chloride / Q000378:metabolism; D013696:Temperature
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D004798:Enzymes; D005227:Fatty Acids; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; D012965:Sodium Chloride