Phylogenetic characterization of marine bacterium strain 2-40, a degrader of complex polysaccharides

Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 2000 Mar:50 Pt 2:831-834. doi: 10.1099/00207713-50-2-831.

Abstract

The marine bacterium strain 2-40 was isolated from the salt marsh cord grass, Spartina alterniflora, in the Chesapeake Bay watershed, VA, USA. It is Gram-negative, requires sea salts and is a strict aerobe. It degrades numerous complex polysaccharides and synthesizes eumelanin. By 16S rDNA analysis, the isolate was shown to be a member of the gamma-subclass of the Proteobacteria, related to Microbulbifer hydrolyticus and to a cellulolytic nitrogen-fixing bacterium.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Biodegradation, Environmental
  • DNA, Bacterial / genetics
  • DNA, Ribosomal / genetics
  • Gammaproteobacteria / classification*
  • Gammaproteobacteria / genetics
  • Gammaproteobacteria / metabolism
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Phylogeny*
  • Poaceae / chemistry
  • Polysaccharides / metabolism*
  • RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / genetics
  • Seawater / microbiology*
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA
  • Water Microbiology

Substances

  • DNA, Bacterial
  • DNA, Ribosomal
  • Polysaccharides
  • RNA, Ribosomal, 16S

Associated data

  • GENBANK/AF055269