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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY
Volume 50, Issue -, Pages 901-907Publisher
SOC GENERAL MICROBIOLOGY
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-50-2-901
Keywords
deep-sea bacteria; new genus; new species; Idiomarina abyssalis; Idiomarina zobellii
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- NIAID NIH HHS [1R01AI39129] Funding Source: Medline
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES [R01AI039129] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
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Two bacterial strains, KMM 227(T) and 231(T), were isolated from seawater samples collected from the north-western Pacific Ocean at a depth of 4000-5000 m and were characterized using polyphasic taxonomy, Both were Gram-negative, psychrotolerant, heterotrophic, aerobic and required NaCl for growth (0.6-15.0%). The temperature for growth was 4-30 degrees C. Both strains were rod-shaped, with a single flagellum, However, strain KMM 231(T) revealed a single long fimbrium, Cellular fatty acids detected in the isolates were predominantly odd-numbered and iso-branched, with 15 and 17 carbons (ca. 70%), Also present were saturated and monounsaturated straight-chain fatty acids. Results of phylogenetic analyses, employing three tree-making methods, strongly indicated that the two strains formed a distinct lineage within a clade containing the genera Alteromonas, Colwellia and Pseudoalteromonas. in the gamma-Proteobacteria, The two strains shared 16S rDNA sequence similarity of 96.9% and genomic DNA relatedness of 27%; the latter was determined by dot-blot hybridization, The strains were differentiated by the presence of fimbria, production of chitinase, ability to grow on 15% NaCl and BIOLOG profiles. Given the polyphasic evidence accumulated in this study, it is proposed that the two deep-sea isolates be classified in the genus Idiomarina gen, nov., as Idiomarina abyssalis sp, nov. (type strain is KMM 227(T)) and Idiomarina zobellii sp, nov. (type strain is KMM 231(T)).
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