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Abstract

Five bacterial strains were isolated from a non-toxigenic strain of the marine dinoflagellate (Lebour) Balech CCMP 116 (NEPCC C116), during a survey of the diversity of bacteria associated with paralytic shellfish toxin-producing cultures of spp. (Dinophyta). All strains were strictly aerobic, Gram-negative, straight or curved rods. Cells were dimorphic, with stalks (or prosthecae) and non-motile or non-stalked and motile, by means of a single polar flagellum. The bacteria grew best at salt concentrations ranging from 2 to 10 % and growth occurred at 10 °C, but not at 50 °C. The G+C content of the chromosomal DNA of the strains was determined to be 61–62 mol%. Major cellular fatty acids of the bacteria presented a unique profile. 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis showed the five strains to be related to genera of budding bacteria of marine origin in the ‘Alphaproteobacteria’, namely, , and , although they exhibited substantial differences in morphology, substrate utilization and fatty acid profile to members of these genera. The five strains are proposed to comprise a new species of a new genus, gen. nov., sp. nov., the type strain of which is C116-18 (=DSM 11625=NCIMB 13905).

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