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July 7, 2019

Aestuarium zhoushanense gen. nov., sp. nov., Isolated from the Tidal Flat.

Authors: Yu, Xiao-Yun and Zhai, Jing-Yu and Fu, Ge-Yi and Shen, Xia and Zhao, Zhe and Wu, Min and Zhang, Xin-Qi

A gram-stain-negative, aerobic, ovoid or short rod-shaped, and non-motile strain, designed G7T was isolated from a tidal flat sample collected from the coast of East Sea in Zhoushan, China. Strain G7T grew at 4-40 °C and pH 6.0-9.0 (optimum, 28 °C and pH 7.5) and with 0-7% (w/v) NaCl (optimum, 1%). The predominant respiratory quinone was Q-10 and the major fatty acids (>10%) identified were C18:1 ?7c, C16:0 and summed feature 3 (C16:1 ?7c and/or C16:1 ?6c). The polar lipids of strain G7T consisted of phosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylcholine, and four unidentified lipids. The genomic DNA G+C content was 56.7 mol%. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that strain G7T formed a distinct lineage belonging to the Roseobacter clade of the family Rhodobacteraceae. On the basis of morphological, physiological, and chemotaxonomic characteristics, together with the results of phylogenetic analysis, strain G7T is described as a novel species in a new genus, for which the name Aestuarium zhoushanense gen. nov., sp. nov. (type strain G7T = MCCC 1K03229T = KCTC 52584T) is proposed.

Journal: Current microbiology
DOI: 10.1007/s00284-017-1342-7
Year: 2017

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