title: Halomonas garicolasp. nov., isolated from saeu-jeot, a Korean salted and fermented shrimp sauce.
abstract: A Gram-stain-negative, moderately halophilic and facultatively aerobic bacterium capable of respiration with nitrate, designated strain JJ-M1T, was isolated from saeu-jeot, a traditional Korean fermented shrimp sauce. Cells of the strain were non-motile short rods showing oxidase-negative and catalase-positive reactions and the production of pale-yellow pigments. Growth of strain JJ-M1Twas observed at 20-37 °C (optimum, 30 °C), pH 5.5-9.5 (optimum, pH 7.0) and in the presence of 3-22.5 % (w/v) sea salts (optimum, 10 %). Strain JJ-M1Tcontained ubiquinone 9 (Q-9) as the predominant isoprenoid quinone and summed feature 8 (comprising C18 : 1ω7cand/or C18 : 1ω6c), C16 : 0, summed feature 3 (comprising C16 : 1ω7cand/or C16 : 1ω6c) and C12 : 03-OH as the major cellular fatty acids. The polar lipids consisted of phosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphoglycolipid, diphosphatidylglycerol and four unidentified phospholipids. The genomic DNA G+C content of strain JJ-M1Twas 62.4 mol%. Phylogenetic and comparative analyses, based on 16S rRNA gene sequences, indicated that strain JJ-M1Tformed a tight phyletic lineage withHalomonas jeotgaliHwaTwithin the genusHalomonasand was most closely related toHalomonas jeotgaliHwaTwith 96.2 % 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity. Based on phylogenetic, phenotypic and chemotaxonomic features, strain JJ-M1Trepresents a novel species of the genusHalomonas, for which the nameHalomonas garicolasp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is JJ-M1T( = KACC 18117T= JCM 30151T).
authors.affiliation: Department of Life Science, Chung-Ang University, Seoul 06974, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Woo Yong
authors.initials: WY
authors.lastname: Jung
authors.affiliation: Department of Life Science, Chung-Ang University, Seoul 06974, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Hyo Jung
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Department of Life Science, Chung-Ang University, Seoul 06974, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Che Ok
authors.initials: CO
authors.lastname: Jeon