Aureispira maritima sp. nov., isolated from marine barnacle debris

• Published in: International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology Vol. 57; no. 9; pp. 1948 - 1951
• Main Authors: Hosoya, Shoichi, Arunpairojana, Vullapa, Suwannachart, Chatrudee, Kanjana-Opas, Akkharawit, Yokota, Akira
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Reading Soc General Microbiol 01-09-2007; Society for General Microbiology
• Subjects: Animals; Aureispira maritima; Bacteriology; Bacteroidetes - classification; Bacteroidetes - genetics; Bacteroidetes - isolation & purification; Bacteroidetes - physiology; Base Composition; Biological and medical sciences; DNA, Bacterial - chemistry; DNA, Bacterial - genetics; DNA, Ribosomal - chemistry; DNA, Ribosomal - genetics; Fatty Acids - analysis; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Genes, rRNA; Geologic Sediments - microbiology; Locomotion - physiology; Marine; Microbiology; Miscellaneous; Molecular Sequence Data; Nucleic Acid Hybridization; Phylogeny; Quinones - analysis; RNA, Bacterial - genetics; RNA, Ribosomal, 16S - genetics; Sequence Analysis, DNA; Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; Systematics; Thoracica - microbiology; Marine environment; Bacteria; New species; Debris; Taxonomy
• ISSN: 1466-5026; 1466-5034
• DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.64928-0

1 Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, The University of Tokyo, Yayoi 1-1-1, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0032, Japan
2 Thailand Institute of Scientific and Technological Research (TISTR), 35 Moo 3, Technopolis, Khlong 5, Khlong Luang, Pathum Thani 12120, Thailand
3 Department of Industrial Biotechnology, Faculty of Agro-Industry, Prince of Songkla University, Hat Yai 90112, Thailand
Correspondence Shoichi Hosoya shouichi.hosoya{at}mbio.jp
A novel gliding marine bacterium (strain 59SA T ) was isolated from marine barnacle debris. A phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that the isolate formed a distinct lineage within the genus Aureispira in the family ‘ Saprospiraceae ’. The DNA G + C content of strain 59SA T was 38.7 mol%, the major respiratory quinone was MK-7 and the predominant cellular fatty acids were 20 : 4 6 c and 16 : 0. On the basis of the data from DNA–DNA hybridization, physiological and chemotaxonomic analyses and 16S rRNA gene sequence comparisons, strain 59SA T represents a novel species of the genus Aureispira , for which the name Aureispira maritima sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is 59SA T (=IAM 15439 T =TISTR 1726 T ).
The GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of strain 59SA T is AB278130 .