| Title |
NOTE] Pontibacter salisaro sp. nov., Isolated from a Clay Tablet Solar Saltern in Korea |
| Author |
Yochan Joung1, Haneul Kim2, Tae-Seok Ahn1, and Kiseong Joh2* |
| Address |
1Departement of Environmental Science, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon 200-701, Republic of Korea, 2Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Youngin 449-791, Republic of Korea |
| Bibliography |
Journal of Microbiology, 49(2),290-293, 2011,
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| DOI |
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| Key Words |
Pontibacter salisaro sp. nov., saltern |
| Abstract |
A Gram-negative, aerobic, rod-shaped, and red-pigmented bacterial strain, HMC5104T, was isolated from a solar saltern, found in Jeungdo, Republic of Korea (34°59′47′′N 126°10′02′′E). The major fatty acids were summed feature 4 (comprising iso-C17:1 I and/or anteiso-C17:1 B; 37.2%), iso-C15:0 (20.4%), and iso-C17:0
3OH (15.3%). The DNA G+C content was 46.0 mol%. The major isoprenoid quinone was menaquinone-7 (MK-7). A phylogenetic tree based on 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that strain HMC5104T formed a lineage within the genus Pontibacter, and was closely related to Pontibacter korlensis (95.9%), P. roseus
(94.9%), and P. actiniarum (94.3%). Similarities to all other Pontibacter species were between 95.9-93.9%. On the basis of the evidence presented in this study, strain HMC5104T represents a novel species of the genus Pontibacter, for which the name Pontibacter salisaro sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is HMC5104T (=KCTC 22712T =NBRC 105731T). |
