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Title

Granulosicoccus coccoides sp. nov., isolated from leaves of seagrass (Zostera marina)

Author(s)

Kurilenko, Valerie V.;  Christen, Richard;  Zhukova, Natalia V.;  Kalinovskaya, Nataliya I.;  Mikhailov, Valery V.;  Crawford, Russell J.;  Ivanova, Elena P.

Abstract

A non-pigmented, motile, Gram-negative bacterium, strain Z 271T, was isolated from the surface of leaves of the seagrass Zostera marina which was collected in Troitza Bay (Sea of Japan, Pacific Ocean). The new isolate grew between 5 °C and 28 °C and was slightly halophilic, tolerating environments containing up to 5 % (w/v) NaCl. Strain Z 271T was able to degrade Tweens 20, 40 and 80 and partially degrade gelatin, but was unable to degrade casein. Phosphatidylethanolamine (36.9 %) and phosphatidylglycerol (63.1 %) were the predominant phospholipids. The major fatty acids included C18 : 1{omega}7c (43.7 %), C16 : 1{omega}7c (31.1 %) and C16 : 0 (16.8 %). The main respiratory quinone was Q-8. The DNA–DNA relatedness value of strain Z 271T with Granulosicoccus antarcticus IMCC3135T was 35 %. The G+C content of the DNA of strain Z 271T was 60.2 mol%. On the basis of phenotypic and genotypic characteristics and 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis, strain Z 271T represents a novel species of the genus Granulosicoccus for which the name Granulosicoccus coccoides sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is Z 271T (=KMM 6014T=CIP 109923T).

Publication type

Journal article

Source

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, Vol. 60, no. 4 (Apr 2010), pp. 972-976

Publication year

2010

FOR Code(s)

0603 Evolutionary Biology;  0605 Microbiology;  1108 Medical Microbiology

Keyword(s)

Bacterium;  Granulosicoccus coccoides sp. nov.;  Sea grass;  Zostera marina

Publisher

Society for General Microbiology

ISSN

1466-5026

Publisher URL

http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.013516-0

Copyright

Copyright © 2010.

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