1. Brevundimonas mediterranea sp. nov., a non-stalked species from the Mediterranean Sea.
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Fritz I, Strömpl C, Nikitin DI, Lysenko AM, and Abraham WR
- Subjects
- Caulobacteraceae chemistry, Caulobacteraceae genetics, Caulobacteraceae isolation & purification, DNA, Bacterial analysis, DNA, Ribosomal analysis, Genes, rRNA, Genotype, Mediterranean Sea, Molecular Sequence Data, Nucleic Acid Hybridization, Phenotype, Phylogeny, RNA, Ribosomal, 16S genetics, Sequence Analysis, DNA, Caulobacteraceae classification, Seawater microbiology
- Abstract
Six strains of Gram-negative, rod-shaped, non-spore-forming bacteria were isolated from the Mediterranean Sea. 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis indicated that the strains were affiliated within the alphaproteobacterial genus Brevundimonas, with Brevundimonas intermedia (99.4 %) and Brevundimonas vesicularis (99.2 %) as their closest relatives. This affiliation was supported by chemotaxonomic data (major polar lipids: phosphatidyl diacylglycerol, sulfoquinovosyl diacylglycerol and phosphatidyl glucopyranosyl diacylglycerol; major fatty acids: C(18 : 1), C(16 : 0), C(16 : 1), C(15 : 0), C(17 : 1)omega8c, 11-Me-C(18 : 1)omega5t). The results of DNA-DNA hybridization and physiological and biochemical tests allowed genotypic and phenotypic differentiation of the strains from all recognized Brevundimonas species. The strains therefore represent a novel species, for which the name Brevundimonas mediterranea sp. nov. is proposed, with the type strain V4.BO.10T)(=LMG 21911T=CIP 107934T).
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- 2005
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