title: Grimontia celer sp. nov., from sea water.
abstract: Strain 96-237T, a Gram-reaction-negative, curved- to spiral-shaped motile bacterium, isolated from coastal marine water, was found to be related to species of the genus Grimontia by 16S rRNA gene sequence comparison, sharing 98.3 % similarity to Grimontia marina CECT 8713Tand 98.8 % to 'Grimontiaindica' AK16. Phenotypic analysis revealed that strain 96-237T is slightly halophilic, mesophilic and facultatively anaerobic, fermenting d-glucose, d-ribose, d-mannose, d-mannitol, maltose and sucrose. It was positive for oxidase and indole production and negative for arginine dihydrolase and lysine and ornithine decarboxylases. Its major fatty acids were C16 : 1ω7c/C16 : 1ω6c (SF3), C18 : 1ω7c and C16 : 0. Its DNA G+C content was 48.4 mol%. The strain was different at the species level from all other species of the genusGrimontia, with average nucleotide identity indices of 79.6 % to Grimontia. hollisae CECT 8713T, 87.8 % to G. marina CECT 5069T and 89.1 % to 'G. indica' AK16 genomes. Thus, the strain represents a novel species for which we propose the name Grimontia celer and 96-237T (=CECT 9029T =KCTC 42960T =LMG 29238T) as the type strain.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Microbiología y Ecología & Colección Española de Cultivos Tipo, Universitat de València, Spain.
authors.forename: María J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Pujalte
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Microbiología y Ecología & Colección Española de Cultivos Tipo, Universitat de València, Spain.
authors.forename: Teresa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Lucena
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Microbiología y Ecología & Colección Española de Cultivos Tipo, Universitat de València, Spain.
authors.forename: Lidia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Rodrigo-Torres
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Microbiología y Ecología & Colección Española de Cultivos Tipo, Universitat de València, Spain.
authors.forename: Alexandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: La Mura
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Microbiología y Ecología & Colección Española de Cultivos Tipo, Universitat de València, Spain.
authors.forename: María A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Ruvira
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Microbiología y Ecología & Colección Española de Cultivos Tipo, Universitat de València, Spain.
authors.forename: David R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Arahal
mesh_terms: D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D001482:Base Composition; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000737:chemistry; D010802:Phylogeny; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D012623:Seawater / Q000382:microbiology*; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D013030:Spain; D014737:Vibrionaceae / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D005227:Fatty Acids; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S