Leeuwenhoekiella blandensis sp. nov., a genome-sequenced marine member of the family Flavobacteriaceae

Jarone Pinhassi; John P Bowman; Olga I Nedashkovskaya; Itziar Lekunberri; Laura Gomez-Consarnau; Carlos Pedrós-Alió

doi:10.1099/ijs.0.64232-0

Leeuwenhoekiella blandensis sp. nov., a genome-sequenced marine member of the family Flavobacteriaceae

Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 2006 Jul;56(Pt 7):1489-1493. doi: 10.1099/ijs.0.64232-0.

Authors

Jarone Pinhassi¹, John P Bowman², Olga I Nedashkovskaya³, Itziar Lekunberri⁴, Laura Gomez-Consarnau¹, Carlos Pedrós-Alió⁴

Affiliations

¹ Marine Microbiology, Department of Biology and Environmental Sciences, University of Kalmar, SE-39182 Kalmar, Sweden.
² School of Agricultural Science, University of Tasmania, Private Bag 54, Hobart, Tasmania, 7001, Australia.
³ Pacific Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry of the Far-Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Pr. 100 Let Vladivostoku 159, 690022, Vladivostok, Russia.
⁴ Institut de Ciències del Mar-CMIMA (CSIC), Passeig Marítim de la Barceloneta 37-49, E-08003 Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain.

PMID: 16825617
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.64232-0

Abstract

Bacteria in the family Flavobacteriaceae are increasingly recognized to play important roles in the degradation of organic matter during and following algal blooms. A novel heterotrophic, rod-shaped, aerobic, yellow-pigmented and gliding bacterium was isolated from a seawater sample collected in the Bay of Blanes in the north-western Mediterranean Sea. Analysis of its 16S rRNA gene sequence, retrieved from the whole-genome sequence, showed that the bacterium was closely related to members of the genus Leeuwenhoekiella within the family Flavobacteriaceae, phylum Bacteroidetes. Phenotypic, genotypic, chemotaxonomic and phylogenetic analyses supported the creation of a novel species to accommodate this bacterium, for which the name Leeuwenhoekiella blandensis sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is MED 217(T) (=CECT 7118(T)=CCUG 51940(T)).

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology
Bacterial Typing Techniques
Base Composition
DNA, Bacterial / chemistry
DNA, Bacterial / genetics
DNA, Ribosomal / chemistry
DNA, Ribosomal / genetics
Fatty Acids / chemistry
Fatty Acids / isolation & purification
Flavobacteriaceae / classification*
Flavobacteriaceae / isolation & purification
Flavobacteriaceae / physiology
Flavobacteriaceae / ultrastructure
Genes, rRNA
Mediterranean Sea
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
Microscopy, Electron, Scanning
Molecular Sequence Data
Phylogeny
RNA, Bacterial / genetics
RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / genetics
Seawater / microbiology*
Sequence Analysis, DNA
Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
Water Microbiology

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents
DNA, Bacterial
DNA, Ribosomal
Fatty Acids
RNA, Bacterial
RNA, Ribosomal, 16S

Associated data

GENBANK/DQ294290
GENBANK/DQ294291