Note: Studies on the phylogenetic relationships of melanogenic marine bacteria: Proposal of Marinomonas mediterranea sp. nov.
Solano, Francisco and Sanchez-Amat, Antonio,, 49, 1241-1246 (1999),
doi = https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-49-3-1241,
publicationName = Microbiology Society,
issn = 1466-5026,
abstract= The polyphenol oxidase (PPO) activities of the marine melanogenic strains MMB-1T and 2-40 were compared. Both contained a multifunctional PPO able to oxidize a wide range of substrates. In spite of this similarity, phylogenetic studies based on 16S rRNA sequences showed that these strains are not closely related. Strain 2-40 is not related to any previously described genus. On the basis of these studies and morphological and physiological characteristics, it is proposed that strain MMB-1T (= CECT 4803T = ATCC 700492T) represents a new species in the genus Marinomonas, Marinomonas mediterranea sp. nov.,
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