Marinobacter algicola sp. nov., isolated from laboratory cultures of paralytic shellfish toxin-producing dinoflagellates
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- 1 March 2006
- journal article
- Published by Microbiology Society in International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology
- Vol. 56 (3), 523-527
- https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.63447-0
Abstract
Phylogenetic and phenotypic analysis of cultivable marine bacteria isolated from laboratory cultures of two paralytic shellfish toxin-producing dinoflagellates, Gymnodinium catenatum and Alexandrium tamarense, showed the presence of a novel group of Gram-negative, aerobic, moderately halophilic and hydrocarbon-degrading bacteria, related to the genus Marinobacter. The strains, designated DG893T, DG1136 and ATAM407-13, grew optimally in media with 3–6 % NaCl and at 25–30 °C, and all could utilize n-hexadecane and n-tetradecane as the sole carbon source. The strains had a 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity of 94·2–94·3 % to Marinobacter hydrocarbonoclasticus ATCC 27132, and a similarity of 97·5–97·8 % to the closest phylogenetically related type strain, Marinobacter flavimaris DSM 16070T. DNA–DNA hybridization levels to M. flavimaris and other Marinobacter type strains were ⩽42 %, while DNA–DNA reassociation values among DG893T, DG1136 and ATAM407-13 were ⩾83 %. The DNA G+C content was 54–55 mol% and the major isoprenoid quinone was ubiquinone-9. On the basis of phenotypic, chemotaxonomic, DNA–DNA hybridization and phylogenetic analysis, it is proposed that these three strains represent a novel species, Marinobacter algicola sp. nov. The type strain is DG893T (=DSM 16394T=NCIMB 14009T).Keywords
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