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sp. nov., a marine member of the family that degrades ulvan from green algae Free

Abstract

A rod shaped, Gram-stain-negative, chemo-organotrophic, heterotrophic, strictly aerobic, non-gliding bacterium, designated strain PLR, was isolated from faeces of the mollusc (Mollusca, Gastropoda) that had been fed with green algae belonging to the genus . The novel strain was able to degrade ulvan, a polysaccharide extracted from green algae (Chlorophyta, Ulvophyceae). The taxonomic position of strain PLR was investigated by using a polyphasic approach. Strain PLR was dark orange, oxidase-positive, catalase-positive and grew optimally at 25 °C, at pH 7.5 and in the presence of 2.5 % (w/v) NaCl with an oxidative metabolism using oxygen as the electron acceptor. Nitrate could not be used as the electron acceptor. Strain PLR had a Chargaff’s coefficient (DNA G+C content) of 35.3 mol%. Phylogenetic analysis based on the sequence of the 16S rRNA gene placed the novel strain in the family (phylum ‘’), within a clade comprising , , , and . The closest neighbours of strain PLR were and , sharing 95.2 and 95.5 % 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity, respectively. Phylogenetic inference and differential phenotypic characteristics demonstrated that strain PLR represents a novel species of the genus , for which the name sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is PLR ( = CIP 110082 = DSM 22727).

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  • French National Association for Research (ANR; Recherche et Innovation en Biotechnologie (Award ANR-07-RIB-019)
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Persicivirga ulvanivorans sp. nov., a marine member of the family Flavobacteriaceae that degrades ulvan from green algae
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