title: Marimicrobium arenosum gen. nov., sp. nov., a moderately halophilic bacterium isolated from sea sand.
abstract: A Gram-stain-negative, non-pigmented, non-spore-forming, non-motile, strictly aerobic bacterial strain, designated CAU 1038T, was isolated from a sea sand sample in Modo, Republic of Korea, and its taxonomic position was examined using a polyphasic approach. Cells of strain CAU 1038T grew optimally at 30 °C, pH 7.5 in 2 % (w/v) NaCl. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that strain CAU 1038T formed a distinct lineage within the class Gammaproteobacteria as a separate deep branch, with 95.2 % or lower sequence similarity to representatives of the genera Haliea, Halioglobus and Chromatocurvus, and 92.3 % or lower with Luminiphilus, Pseudohaliea and Congregibacter. The major cellular fatty acids of strain CAU 1038T were C16 : 0, C16 : 1ω7c and C18 : 1ω7c. The polar lipid pattern of the isolate consisted of diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylglycerol, an unidentified aminolipid and two unidentified lipids. The strain contained lipoquinone (Q-8) as the sole respiratory quinone. The G+C content of the genomic DNA was 65 mol%. On the basis of phenotypic and chemotaxonomic data, and phylogenetic inference, strain CAU 1038T represents a novel species of a new genus in the family Halieaceae, for which the name Marimicrobium arenosum gen. nov., sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain of the type species is CAU 1038T ( = KCTC 42300T = NBRC 110727T).
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Chung-Ang University College of Medicine, Seoul 06974, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Maytiya
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Konkit
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Chung-Ang University College of Medicine, Seoul 06974, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Jong-Hwa
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Chung-Ang University College of Medicine, Seoul 06974, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Wonyong
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D001482:Base Composition; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000737:chemistry; D020563:Gammaproteobacteria / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D010743:Phospholipids / Q000737:chemistry; D010802:Phylogeny; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D056910:Republic of Korea; D012623:Seawater / Q000382:microbiology*; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D012822:Silicon Dioxide; D014451:Ubiquinone / Q000737:chemistry; D014871:Water Microbiology
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D005227:Fatty Acids; D010743:Phospholipids; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; D014451:Ubiquinone; D012822:Silicon Dioxide; C030778:ubiquinone 8