title: Sulfitobacter faviae sp. nov., isolated from the coral Faviaveroni.
abstract: Three closely related, non-sporulating, aerobic, Gram-stain-negative, motile, rod-shaped isolates (S5-53T, S6-62 and S6-64) were obtained from mucus of corals Favia veroni from the Andaman Sea, India. Colonies grown on marine agar were small, circular and cream-coloured. Heterotrophic growth was observed at 10-40 °C and pH 6-10; optimum growth occurred at 25-30 °C and pH 7-8. 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis confirmed the isolates belonged to the genus Sulfitobacter and the three isolates shared more than 99 % pairwise sequence similarity. Strain S5-53T shared highest 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity of 98.43 % with Sulfitobacter dubius KMM 3554T. DNA-DNA relatedness among the three isolates was above 70 % whereas strain S5-53T showed less than 70 % relatedness with the type strains of closely related species. The DNA G+C content of strain S5-53T was 61 mol%. It contained phosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylcholine and diphosphatidylglycerol as major polar lipids. Predominant fatty acids included C18 : 1ω7c, C18 : 1ω7c 11-methyl, C16 : 0 and C10 : 0 3-OH. Q10 was the major respiratory quinone. Based on this polyphasic analysis, the new isolates (S5-53T, S6-62 and S6-64) are considered to represent a novel species of the genus Sulfitobacter, for which the name Sulfitobacter faviae sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is S5-53T(=JCM 31093T=LMG 29156T).
authors.affiliation: Department of Biotechnology, Institute of Life Sciences, Nalco Square, Bhubaneswar-751 023, India.
authors.forename: Prabla
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kumari
authors.affiliation: Department of Biotechnology, Institute of Life Sciences, Nalco Square, Bhubaneswar-751 023, India.
authors.forename: Sayantani
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bhattacharjee
authors.affiliation: Department of Biotechnology, Institute of Life Sciences, Nalco Square, Bhubaneswar-751 023, India.
authors.forename: Abhijit
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Poddar
authors.affiliation: Department of Biotechnology, Institute of Life Sciences, Nalco Square, Bhubaneswar-751 023, India.
authors.forename: Subrata K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Das
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D037421:Anthozoa / Q000382:microbiology*; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D001482:Base Composition; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000737:chemistry; D007194:India; D010743:Phospholipids / Q000737:chemistry; D010802:Phylogeny; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D041902:Rhodobacteraceae / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D014451:Ubiquinone / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D005227:Fatty Acids; D010743:Phospholipids; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; D014451:Ubiquinone; C024989:coenzyme Q10