TY - JOUR
T1 - Altererythrobacter ishigakiensis sp. nov., an astaxanthin-producing bacterium isolated from a marine sediment
AU - Matsumoto, Mitsufumi
AU - Iwama, Daisuke
AU - Arakaki, Atsushi
AU - Tanaka, Akira
AU - Tanaka, Tsuyoshi
AU - Miyashita, Hideaki
AU - Matsunaga, Tadashi
PY - 2011/12
Y1 - 2011/12
N2 - A Gram-negative, non-motile, non-spore-forming, halophilic rod, designated JPCCMB0017 T, was isolated from a marine sediment of the coastal area of Okinawa, Japan. The isolate formed orange-red colonies on marine agar. Bacteriochlorophyll a was absent and sphingoglycolipid 1 and other carotenoids, including astaxanthin, adonixanthin and zeaxanthin, were present. Ubiquinone-10 (Q-10) was the main respiratory quinone and C 18:1ω7c was the major cellular fatty acid. The G+C content of DNA was 59.1 mol%. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequencing revealed that the isolate was a member of the genus Altererythrobacter in the family Erythrobacteraceae. Strain JPCCMB0017 T exhibited 96.8% 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity with Altererythrobacter marinus H32 T. Unlike other members of the genus Altererythrobacter, strain JPCCMB0017 T reduced nitrate. On the basis of genotypic and phenotypic data, a novel species is proposed to accommodate this isolate, with the name Altererythrobacter ishigakiensis sp. nov. The type strain is JPCCMB0017 T (=NITE-AP48 T=ATCC BAA-2084 T=NBRC 107699 T).
AB - A Gram-negative, non-motile, non-spore-forming, halophilic rod, designated JPCCMB0017 T, was isolated from a marine sediment of the coastal area of Okinawa, Japan. The isolate formed orange-red colonies on marine agar. Bacteriochlorophyll a was absent and sphingoglycolipid 1 and other carotenoids, including astaxanthin, adonixanthin and zeaxanthin, were present. Ubiquinone-10 (Q-10) was the main respiratory quinone and C 18:1ω7c was the major cellular fatty acid. The G+C content of DNA was 59.1 mol%. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequencing revealed that the isolate was a member of the genus Altererythrobacter in the family Erythrobacteraceae. Strain JPCCMB0017 T exhibited 96.8% 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity with Altererythrobacter marinus H32 T. Unlike other members of the genus Altererythrobacter, strain JPCCMB0017 T reduced nitrate. On the basis of genotypic and phenotypic data, a novel species is proposed to accommodate this isolate, with the name Altererythrobacter ishigakiensis sp. nov. The type strain is JPCCMB0017 T (=NITE-AP48 T=ATCC BAA-2084 T=NBRC 107699 T).
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U2 - 10.1099/ijs.0.024729-0
DO - 10.1099/ijs.0.024729-0
M3 - Article
C2 - 21278415
AN - SCOPUS:83055160926
SN - 1466-5026
VL - 61
SP - 2956
EP - 2961
JO - International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology
JF - International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology
IS - 12
ER -
