Salegentibacter holothuriorum sp. nov., isolated from the edible holothurian Apostichopus japonicus

Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 2004 Jul;54(Pt 4):1107-1110. doi: 10.1099/ijs.0.02987-0.

Abstract

Strain KMM 3524T was isolated from the holothurian Apostichopus japonicus living in the Sea of Japan. The bacterial strain was pigmented, non-motile, Gram-negative, strictly aerobic and oxidase-, catalase- and beta-galactosidase-positive. From the results of 16S rDNA sequence analysis, strain KMM 3524T was found to be related closely to Salegentibacter salegens (98.1%). DNA-DNA homology between strains KMM 3524T and S. salegens DSM 5424T was 38%; this showed clearly that the holothurian isolate KMM 3524T belongs to a novel species of the genus Salegentibacter for which the name Salegentibacter holothuriorum sp. nov. is proposed, with KMM 3524T (=NBRC 100249T=LMG 21968T) as the type strain.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Aerobiosis
  • Animals
  • Catalase / metabolism
  • DNA, Bacterial / chemistry
  • DNA, Bacterial / isolation & purification
  • DNA, Ribosomal / chemistry
  • Flavobacteriaceae / classification*
  • Flavobacteriaceae / cytology
  • Flavobacteriaceae / isolation & purification*
  • Flavobacteriaceae / physiology
  • Genes, rRNA
  • Gentian Violet
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Movement
  • Oxidoreductases / metabolism
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Phenazines
  • Phylogeny
  • Pigments, Biological / biosynthesis
  • RNA, Bacterial / genetics
  • RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / genetics
  • Sea Cucumbers / microbiology*
  • Seawater / microbiology
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA
  • Sequence Homology
  • Staining and Labeling
  • Water Microbiology
  • beta-Galactosidase / metabolism

Substances

  • DNA, Bacterial
  • DNA, Ribosomal
  • Gram's stain
  • Phenazines
  • Pigments, Biological
  • RNA, Bacterial
  • RNA, Ribosomal, 16S
  • Oxidoreductases
  • Catalase
  • beta-Galactosidase
  • Gentian Violet

Associated data

  • GENBANK/AB116148