@article{mbs:/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.65429-0, author = "Lim, Jee-Min and Jeon, Che Ok and Jang, Ho Hee and Park, Dong-Jin and Shin, Yong Kook and Yeo, Soo-Hwan and Kim, Chang-Jin", title = "Albimonas donghaensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a non-photosynthetic member of the class Alphaproteobacteria isolated from seawater", journal= "International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology", year = "2008", volume = "58", number = "1", pages = "282-285", doi = "https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.65429-0", url = "https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.65429-0", publisher = "Microbiology Society", issn = "1466-5034", type = "Journal Article", abstract = "A moderately halophilic Gram-negative bacterium, strain DS2T, was isolated from seawater from the East Sea in Korea. Strain DS2T grew at salinities of 0–14 % (w/v) NaCl and at temperatures in the range 10–38 °C. The cells were non-motile short rods (1.0–1.4 μm in width and 1.6–2.6 μm in length) and the major fatty acids were C18 : 1 ω7c and 11-methyl C18 : 1 ω7c. The genomic DNA G+C content was 72.0 mol% and the predominant lipoquinone was Q-10. The major cellular phospholipids were phosphatidylglycerol, diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylethanolamine and phosphatidylcholine. Phylogenetic analyses based on 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that strain DS2T formed a distinct phyletic line from the genus Rubrimonas within the Alphaproteobacteria. The levels of 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity with respect to the type strains of related genera were below 94 %. On the basis of physiological and phylogenetic properties, strain DS2T represents a novel genus and species of the Alphaproteobacteria, for which the name Albimonas donghaensis gen. nov., sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is DS2T (=KCTC 12586T=DSM 17890T).", }