title: Flectobacillus fontis sp. nov., isolated from a freshwater spring.
abstract: A bacterial strain, designated MIB-4T, was isolated from a freshwater spring in Taiwan and characterized using a polyphasic taxonomy approach. Cells of strain MIB-4T were Gram-staining-negative, aerobic, non-motile rods that formed pale pink colonies. Growth occurred at 15-30 °C (optimum, 25 °C), at pH 7-8 (optimum, pH 7) and with 0-0.5 % NaCl (optimum, 0 %). Phylogenetic analyses based on 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that strain MIB-4T belonged to the genus Flectobacillus and was most closely related to Flectobacillus lacus CL-GP79T with sequence similarity of 98.7 %. Strain MIB-4T contained C16 : 1ω5c, iso-C15 : 0 and summed feature 3 (C16 : 1ω7c and/or C16 : 1ω6c) as the predominant fatty acids. The major isoprenoid quinone was MK-7. The polar lipid profile consisted of phosphatidylethanolamine, six unidentified aminophospholipids, one unidentified glycolipid, one unidentified phospholipid and three unidentified lipids. The DNA G+C content of the genomic DNA was 37.6 mol%. The DNA-DNA hybridization value for strain MIB-4T with F. lacus CL-GP79T was less than 32 %. On the basis of the phylogenetic inference and phenotypic data, strain MIB-4T should be classified as a representative of a novel species, for which the name Flectobacillus fontis sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is MIB-4T (=BCRC 80926T=LMG 29292T=KCTC 33763T).
authors.affiliation: Department of Seafood Science, Laboratory of Microbiology, National Kaohsiung Marine University, No. 142, Hai-Chuan Rd. Nan-Tzu, Kaohsiung City 811, Taiwan, ROC.
authors.forename: Wen-Ming
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: Department of Seafood Science, Laboratory of Microbiology, National Kaohsiung Marine University, No. 142, Hai-Chuan Rd. Nan-Tzu, Kaohsiung City 811, Taiwan, ROC.
authors.forename: Kai-Rou
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.affiliation: Department of Soil and Environmental Sciences, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung 402, Taiwan, ROC.
authors.forename: Chiu-Chung
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Young
authors.affiliation: Department of Marine Biotechnology, National Kaohsiung Marine University, No. 142, Hai-Chuan Rd. Nan-Tzu, Kaohsiung City 811, Taiwan, ROC.
authors.forename: Shih-Yi
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Sheu
mesh_terms: D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D001482:Base Composition; D041964:Cytophagaceae / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000737:chemistry; D060985:Natural Springs / Q000382:microbiology*; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D010743:Phospholipids / Q000737:chemistry; D010802:Phylogeny; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D013624:Taiwan; D024482:Vitamin K 2 / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D005227:Fatty Acids; D010743:Phospholipids; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; D024482:Vitamin K 2; C062629:menaquinone 7