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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY
Volume 61, Issue -, Pages 2895-2900Publisher
MICROBIOLOGY SOC
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.028795-0
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- KOPRI
- Ministry of Land, Transport, and Maritime Affairs (MLTM), Korea [PE10060/PE11030]
- Korean Government
- MarineBio Technology Program
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A Gram-negative, rod-shaped and motile strain, designated CL-AS9(T), was isolated from polar seawater of the Arctic. Analysis of the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the strain showed an affiliation with the genus Spongiibacter, sharing 93.9% and 93.7% sequence similarities with the type strains of Spongiibacter tropicus CL-CB221(T) and Spongiibacter marinus HAL40b(T), respectively. Phylogenetic analyses revealed that strain CL-AS9(T) formed a separate branch that was distinct from a clade comprising Spongiibacter marinus HAL40b(T), Spongiibacter tropicus CL-CB221(T) and Melitea salexigens 5IX/A01/131(T). Cells of the strain grew optimally at 20-25 degrees C and pH 6.6-8.0 in the presence of 3-4% (w/v) sea salts. The major polar lipids were diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylglycerol and an unidentified aminophospholipid. The major quinone was ubiquinone 8. The major cellular fatty acids were C-16:1 omega 7c and/or iso-C-15:0 2-OH (23.1 %), C-17:1 omega 8c (22.1%) and C-18:1 omega 7c (15.6%). The genomic DNA G+C content was 53.6 mol%. Based on the phylogenetic, chemotaxonomic and phenotypic data presented, we propose the name Spongiibacter borealis sp. nov. with the type strain CL-AS9(T) (=KCCM 90094(T) =JCM 17304(T)) and the reclassification of Melitea salexigens as a later heterotypic synonym of Spongiibacter marinus. We also provide emended descriptions of the genus Spongiibacter and Spongiibacter marinus.
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