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Aquimarina litoralis sp. nov., isolated from a coastal seawater

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A strictly aerobic, red-pigmented, non-motile, catalase- and oxidase-positive, Gram-staining-negative bacterium, designated strain CNURIC011T, was isolated from seawater off the coast of Jeju Island in Korea. A phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that strain CNURIC011T belongs to the genus Aquimarina in the family Flavobacteriaceae. 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis revealed that the close relatives of the novel strain are Aquimarina latercula ATCC 23177T, Aquimarina marcrocephali JAMB N27T, Aquimarina intermedia KMM 6258T, Aquimarina muelleri KMM 6020T, and Aquimarina brevivitae SMK-19T, with sequence similarities of 97.6, 96.6, 96.0, 95.6, and 94.2%, respectively. DNA-DNA hybridization revealed that the level of relatedness between strain CNURIC011T and Aquimarina latercula ATCC 23177T (=KCTC 2912T) was 4.9%. The DNA G+C content was 35.8 mol% and the major respiratory quinone was MK-6. The major fatty acids were iso-C15:0 (14.9%), C15:0 (13.9%), iso-C17:0 3-OH (12.6%), iso-C15:1 G (7.3%), and iso-C17:1 ω9c (7.2%). On the basis of phenotypic, phylogenetic, and genotypic data, strain CNURIC011T represents a novel species within the genus Aquimarina, for which the name Aquimarina litoralis sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is CNURIC011T (=KCTC 22614T =JCM 15974T).

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  1. Jeju National University Biotechnology Regional Innovation Center, Jeju, 690-756, Republic of Korea

    You-Sung Oh & Sang-Bin Lim

  2. Department of Environmental Education, Sunchon National University, Sunchon, 540-742, Republic of Korea

    Hyung-Yeel Kahng & Dong-Heon Lee

  3. Department of Biology, Sunchon National University, Sunchon, 540-742, Republic of Korea

    Young Sun Lee & Jae Sung Jung

  4. Department of Biology, Jeju National University, Jeju, 690-756, Republic of Korea

    Byoung-Jun Yoon & Duck-Chul Oh

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Oh, YS., Kahng, HY., Lee, Y.S. et al. Aquimarina litoralis sp. nov., isolated from a coastal seawater. J Microbiol. 48, 433–437 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12275-010-0088-8

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