Thalassomonas agarivorans sp. nov., a marine agarolytic bacterium isolated from shallow coastal water of An-Ping Harbour, Taiwan, and emended description of the genus Thalassomonas
Resource
International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 56 (6): 1245-1250
Journal
International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology
Journal Volume
56
Journal Issue
6
Pages
1245-1250
Date Issued
2006
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Abstract
A marine agarolytic bacterium, designated strain TMA1T, was isolated from a seawater sample collected in a shallow-water region of An-Ping Harbour, Taiwan. It was non-fermentative and Gram-negative. Cells grown in broth cultures were straight or curved rods, non-motile and non-flagellated. The isolate required NaCl for growth and exhibited optimal growth at 25°C and 3% NaCl. It grew aerobically and was incapable of anaerobic growth by fermenting glucose or other carbohydrates. Predominant cellular fatty acids were C16:0 (17.5%), C17:1ω8c (12.8%), C17:0 (11.1%), C15:0 iso 2-OH/ C16:1ω7c (8.6%) and C13:0 (7.3%). The DNA G+C content was 41.0 mol%. Phylogenetic, phenotypic and chemotaxonomic data accumulated in this study revealed that the isolate could be classified in a novel species of the genus Thalassomonas in the family Colwelliaceae. The name Thalassomonas agarivorans sp. nov. is proposed for the novel species, with TMA1T (=BCRC 17492T=JCM 13379T) as the type strain. © 2006 IUMS.
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bacterial DNA; carbohydrate; cytosine; fatty acid derivative; glucose; guanine; sea water; sodium chloride; article; bacterial cell; bacterial growth; bacterial strain; bacterioplankton; bacterium culture; bacterium isolation; cell growth; cell shape; chemotaxonomy; coastal waters; controlled study; DNA content; fermentation; genus; Gram negative bacterium; new species; nomenclature; nonhuman; nucleotide sequence; phenotype; phylogeny; priority journal; Taiwan; temperature measurement; Thalassomonas agarivorans; water sampling; Bacteria, Anaerobic; Fatty Acids; Flagella; Gammaproteobacteria; Molecular Sequence Data; Phylogeny; RNA, Bacterial; RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; Seawater; Taiwan; Water Microbiology; Bacteria (microorganisms); Colwelliaceae; Negibacteria; Thalassomonas; Thalassomonas agarivorans
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journal article