Tropicimonas isoalkanivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a branched-alkane-degrading bacterium isolated from Semarang Port in Indonesia Harwati, Theresia Umi and Kasai, Yuki and Kodama, Yumiko and Susilaningsih, Dwi and Watanabe, Kazuya,, 59, 388-391 (2009), doi = https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.65822-0, publicationName = Microbiology Society, issn = 1466-5026, abstract= An aerobic, Gram-negative, motile bacterium, strain B51T, was isolated from seawater obtained from Semarang Port in Indonesia. Cells of strain B51T were peritrichously flagellated and rod-shaped. Strain B51T was able to degrade alkanes, branched alkanes and alkylnaphthalenes. 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis revealed that strain B51T was affiliated with the family Rhodobacteraceae, and was related most closely to Thioclava pacifica TL 2T (94.6 % similarity). The DNA G+C content of strain B51T was 66.5 mol%. The major cellular fatty acids were C18 : 1 ω7c (84.9 %), C18 : 1 ω9c (13.8 %), C16 : 0 (8.7 %), C18 : 0 (6.4 %) and anteiso-C15 : 0 (5.8 %) and the major quinone was ubiquinone-10. Based on its phenotypic and phylogenetic characteristics, strain B51T is considered to represent a novel species of a new genus, for which the name Tropicimonas isoalcanivorans gen. nov., sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain of the type species is B51T (=JCM 14837T=DSM 19548T)., language=, type=