Pages 629 and 630: Structures for cochliomycin C (3) and paecilomycin F (7) should be corrected as shown:Other changes corresponding to this correction are as follows:Page 631: In the third paragraph of the left column, "the configuration of cochliomycin C (3) should be assigned as 4′S,5′R,6′R,10′S" should be changed to "the configuration of cochliomycin C (3) should be assigned as 4′S,5′R,6′S,10′S".The error was caused by the configuration of paecilomycin F (7), which was first assigned as 4′S,5′R,6′R,10′S 1 and later was corrected as 4′S,5′R,6′S,10′S by Liangxiong Xu et al. 2 We apologize for any inconvenience caused by this error.

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A novel Gram-negative, aerobic, catalase-and oxidase-positive, non-sporulating, non-motile, rodshaped bacterium, designated strain UST081027-248 T , was isolated from seawater of the Red Sea. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that strain UST081027-248 T fell within the genus Erythrobacter. Levels of 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity between the novel strain and the type strains of Erythrobacter species ranged from 95.3 % (with Erythrobacter gangjinensis) to 98.2 % (with Erythrobacter citreus). However, levels of DNA-DNA relatedness between strain UST081027-248 T and the type strains of closely related species were below 70 %. Optimal growth of the isolate occurred in the presence of 2.0 % NaCl, at pH 8.0-9.0 and at 28-36 6C. The isolate did not produce bacteriochlorophyll a. The predominant cellular fatty acids were C 17 : 1 v6c, summed feature 8 (C 18 : 1 v6c and/or C 18 : 1 v7c) and C 15 : 0 2-OH. The genomic DNA G+C content of strain UST081027-248 T was 60.4 mol%. Phenotypic properties and phylogenetic distinctiveness clearly indicated that strain