title: Thalassotalea euphylliae sp. nov., isolated from the torch coral Euphyllia glabrescens.
abstract: Strain Eup-16T, isolated from the torch coral Euphyllia glabrescens, was characterized using a polyphasic taxonomy approach. Cells of strain Eup-16T were Gram-staining-negative, aerobic, motile by means of a single polar flagellum, contained poly-β-hydroxybutyrate, rod-shaped and formed pale yellow colonies. Optimal growth occurred at 25-30 °C, pH 7.5-9 and in the presence of 1 % NaCl. Phylogenetic analyses based on 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that strain Eup-16T belonged to the genus Thalassotalea and was most closely related to Thalassotalea montiporae CL-22T with sequence similarity of 98.4 %. Strain Eup-16T contained summed feature 3 (C16 : 1ω7c and/or C16 : 1ω6c), C18 : 1ω7c, C16 : 0 and C17 : 1ω8c as the predominant fatty acids. The predominant isoprenoid quinone was Q-8. The major polar lipids were phosphatidylethanolamine and phosphatidylglycerol. The genomic DNA G+C content of strain Eup-16T was 43.2 mol%. The DNA-DNA hybridization value for strain Eup-16T with T. montiporae CL-22T was less than 34 %. Differential phenotypic properties, together with the phylogenetic inference, demonstrate that strain Eup-16T should be classified as a representative of a novel species of the genus Thalassotalea, for which the name Thalassotalea euphylliae sp. nov. is presented. The type strain is Eup-16T (=BCRC 80910T=LMG 29001T=KCTC 42743T).
authors: Department of Marine Biotechnology, National Kaohsiung Marine University, No. 142, Hai-Chuan Rd, Nan-Tzu, Kaohsiung City 811, Taiwan, ROC.
authors: Shih-Yi
authors: SY
authors: Sheu
authors: Department of Seafood Science, Laboratory of Microbiology, National Kaohsiung Marine University, No. 142, Hai-Chuan Rd. Nan-Tzu, Kaohsiung City 811, Taiwan, ROC.
authors: Li-Ping
authors: LP
authors: Liu
authors: Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC.
authors: Sen-Lin
authors: SL
authors: Tang
authors: Department of Seafood Science, Laboratory of Microbiology, National Kaohsiung Marine University, No. 142, Hai-Chuan Rd. Nan-Tzu, Kaohsiung City 811, Taiwan, ROC.
authors: Wen-Ming
authors: WM
authors: Chen
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; D020563:Gammaproteobacteria / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006885:Hydroxybutyrates / Q000737:chemistry; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D010714:Phosphatidylethanolamines / Q000737:chemistry; D010715:Phosphatidylglycerols / Q000737:chemistry; D010802:Phylogeny; D011091:Polyesters / Q000737:chemistry; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D014451:Ubiquinone / Q000737:chemistry; D000094122:Polyhydroxybutyrates
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D005227:Fatty Acids; D006885:Hydroxybutyrates; D010714:Phosphatidylethanolamines; D010715:Phosphatidylglycerols; D011091:Polyesters; D014451:Ubiquinone; C003182:poly-beta-hydroxybutyrate; D000094122:Polyhydroxybutyrates; C483858:phosphatidylethanolamine; C030778:ubiquinone 8