title: Bizionia arctica sp. nov., isolated from Arctic fjord seawater, and emended description of the genus Bizionia.
abstract: A Gram-stain-negative, yellow-pigmented, aerobic, non-flagellated, non-gliding bacterial strain, designated SM1203(T), was isolated from surface seawater of Kongsfjorden, Svalbard. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences revealed that strain SM1203(T) was affiliated with the genus Bizionia in the family Flavobacteriaceae. The strain shared the highest 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity (>96%) with the type strains of Formosa spongicola (96.8%), Bizionia paragorgiae (96.3%), B. saleffrena (96.3%) and B. echini (96.1%) and 95.4-95.7% sequence similarity with the type strains of other known species of the genus Bizionia. The strain grew at 4-30 °C and in the presence of 1.0-5.0% (w/v) NaCl. The major fatty acids of strain SM1203(T) were iso-C15 : 0, iso-C15 : 1, anteiso-C15 : 0 and C15 : 0 and the main polar lipids were phosphatidylethanolamine and an unidentified lipid. The major respiratory quinone of strain SM1203(T) was menaquinone 6 (MK-6). The genomic DNA G+C content of strain SM1203(T) was 34.8 mol%. Based on the polyphasic characterization of strain SM1203(T) in this study, the strain represents a novel species in the genus Bizionia, for which the name Bizionia arctica sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is SM1203(T) ( = CGMCC 1.12751(T) = JCM 30333(T)). An emended description of the genus Bizionia is also given.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology and 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 and Marine Biotechnology Research Center, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, PR China.
authors.forename: Xi-Ying
authors.initials: XY
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology and 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 and 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 and Marine Biotechnology Research Center, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, PR China.
authors.forename: Qi-Long
authors.initials: QL
authors.lastname: Qin
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology and Marine Biotechnology Research Center, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, PR China.
authors.forename: Hai-Nan
authors.initials: HN
authors.lastname: Su
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology and Marine Biotechnology Research Center, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, PR China.
authors.forename: Mei
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology and 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 and 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 and Marine Biotechnology Research Center, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, PR China.
authors.forename: Yu-Zhong
authors.initials: YZ
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology and Marine Biotechnology Research Center, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, PR China.
authors.forename: Bin-Bin
authors.initials: BB
authors.lastname: Xie
mesh_terms: D001110:Arctic Regions; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D001482:Base Composition; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D063366:Estuaries; 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; D012623:Seawater / Q000382:microbiology*; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D013538:Svalbard; 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