Litorimonas taeanensis gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a sandy beach

Abstract

A heterotrophic, Gram-negative, prosthecate bacterium, designated strain G5 T , was isolated from a sandy beach of Taean in South Korea. Cells of strain G5T were aerobic, catalase-and oxidasepositive, straight to slightly curved motile rods with a single flagellum and formed yellow-orange colonies on agar. Growth occurred at 15-40 6C (optimum 25-30 6C) and pH 6-9 (optimum pH 7-8). The major cellular fatty acids were C 18 : 1 v7c, C 17 : 0 , C 16 : 0 , 11-methyl C 18 : 1 v7c, C 17 : 1 v8c and C 17 : 1 v6c. The polar lipid pattern indicated the presence of phosphatidylglycerol, monoglycosyldiglyceride, glucuronopyranosyldiglyceride and two unidentified glycolipids. The G+C content of the genomic DNA was 63.6 mol% and the major quinone was Q-10. Comparative 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis showed that strain G5 T belonged to the branch containing the genera Hellea, Robiginitomaculum and Hypomonas within the family Hyphomonadaceae. Within this group, strain G5 T was most closely related to Hellea balneolensis 26III/A02/215 T with 95.8 % 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity. Based on its phylogenetic position and its phenotypic, chemotaxonomic and molecular properties, strain G5 T represents a novel species of a novel genus of the family Hyphomonadaceae, for which the name Litorimonas taeanensis gen. nov., sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is G5 T (5KACC 13701 T 5DSM 22008 T ).

Aestuariibaculum suncheonense gen. nov., sp. nov., a marine bacterium of the family Flavobacteriaceae isolated from a tidal flat and emended descriptions of the genera Gaetbulibacter and Tamlana

“…Recently, numerous microbial species have been isolated from sea tidal flats. Therefore, efforts have been made in our laboratory to isolate and characterize marine bacteria from sea tidal flats (Jin et al, 2011a, b;Jung et al, 2011;Lee et al, 2011;Park et al, 2011).In the course of this study, a novel yellow-pigmented, Gramstaining-negative, rod-shaped bacterium was isolated. Here, we describe its taxonomic characterization and propose a novel genus and species within the family Flavobacteriaceae.…”

Defluviimonas aestuarii sp. nov., a marine bacterium isolated from a tidal flat, and emended description of the genus Defluviimonas Foesel et al. 2011

“…Sea tidal flats are well known biological resources that play very important roles in restoration and nutrient recycling (Winberg et al, 2007;Jin et al, 2012;Math et al, 2012b). During the course of studies investigating microbial communities, we have characterized several bacterial community members from sea tidal flats (Kim et al, 2010a;Jin et al, 2011;Jung et al, 2011;Lee et al, 2011;Jeong et al, 2013;Math et al, 2012a). Here, we describe the taxonomic characterization of a member of the genus Defluviimonas, designated strain BS14 T , isolated from a tidal flat of the South Sea in Korea.…”

Aquamicrobium aestuarii sp. nov., a marine bacterium isolated from a tidal flat

“…Following an oil spill in 2007 on tidal flats of the Taean coast on the South Korean Yellow Sea, we have sought to isolate micro-organisms from the contaminated tidal flat (Kim et al, 2010a;Jin et al, 2011;Jung et al, 2011;Lee et al, 2011;Math et al, 2012a, b). Until now, to the best of our knowledge, no members of Aquamicrobium have been isolated from marine habitats.…”