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Abstract

Two Gram-negative, facultatively anaerobic, rod-shaped bacteria, strains EF212 and PS125, were isolated from the octocorals and sp., respectively. EF212 was isolated from a specimen of collected off the coast of Florida, USA, and PS125 was isolated from a specimen of sp. collected off the coast of Bimini, Bahamas. Analysis of the nearly full-length 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that these novel strains were most closely related to CL-33, MKT110 and HC50 (EF212, 95.6–97.2 % identity; PS125, 95.1–96.4 % identity). DNA–DNA hybridization values among EF212, PS125, LMG 24815 and KCTC 12372 were far below the 70 % cut-off, with all values for duplicate measurements being less than 35 %. Both EF212 and PS125 required NaCl for growth and showed optimal growth at 2–3 % NaCl, 22-30 °C and pH 8.0. The predominant cellular fatty acids were summed feature 3 (Cω6 and/or Cω7), summed feature 8 (Cω6 and/or Cω7), C and C. The DNA G+C content of EF212 was 48.6 mol% and that of PS125 was 47.5 mol%. In addition to the genotypic differences observed between the two novel strains and related type strains, phenotypic and chemotaxonomic experiments also revealed differences between strains. Thus, strains EF212 and PS125 represent novel species of the genus , for which the names sp. nov. and sp. nov., respectively, are proposed. The type strains are EF212 ( = NCCB 100458 = DSM 26535) for sp. nov. and PS125 ( = NCCB 100438 = CECT 8353) for sp. nov. An emended description of the genus is also provided to encompass differences observed in the results of genotypic, chemotaxonomic and phenotypic tests compared from the original and amended genus descriptions.

Funding
This study was supported by the:
  • Canada Research Chair program
  • NSERC
  • Jeanne and Jean-Louis Lévesque Foundation
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