Open AccessThalassomonas viridans gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel marine gamma-proteobacterium.
Author(s) -
M. Carmen Macián,
Wolfgang Ludwig,
Karl Heinz Schleifer,
Esperanza Garay,
María J. Pujalte
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
international journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.925
H-Index - 173
eISSN - 1466-5034
pISSN - 1466-5026
DOI - 10.1099/00207713-51-4-1283
Subject(s) - biology , 16s ribosomal rna , halophile , type species , microbiology and biotechnology , bacteria , strain (injury) , botany , genus , proteobacteria , genetics , anatomy
A new genus and species are proposed for two halophilic, strictly aerobic, chemo-organotrophic, marine bacterial strains. These bacteria are gram-negative, motile rods isolated from oysters cultivated off the Mediterranean coast at Valencia (Spain). They produce green/blue-green diffusible pigment. The G+C content of the DNA of the proposed type strain (XOM25T) is 48.4 mol %. A 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis of the two strains has shown that the new isolates represent a branch within the gamma-Proteobacteria, close to the genus Colwellia. The type species of the new genus is Thalassomonas viridans gen. nov., sp. nov., with the type strain XOM25T (= CECT 5083T = DSM 13754T).