Sphingomonas japonica sp. nov., isolated from the marine crustacean Paralithodes camtschatica
Romanenko, Lyudmila A. and Tanaka, Naoto and Frolova, Galina M. and Mikhailov, Valery V.,, 59, 1179-1182 (2009),
doi = https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.003285-0,
publicationName = Microbiology Society,
issn = 1466-5026,
abstract= A Sphingomonas-like bacterium, strain KC7T, was isolated from a marine crustacean specimen obtained from the Sea of Japan and subjected to a polyphasic study. Comparative 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis positioned the novel strain in the genus Sphingomonas as an independent lineage adjacent to a subclade containing Sphingomonas trueperi LMG 2142T, Sphingomonas pituitosa EDIVT and Sphingomonas azotifigens NBRC 15497T. Strain KC7T shared highest 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity (96.1 %) with S. trueperi LMG 2142T, Sphingomonas dokdonensis DS-4T and S. azotifigens NBRC 15497T; similarities to strains of other recognized Sphingomonas species were lower (96.0–93.9 %). The strain contained sphingoglycolipid and the predominant fatty acids were C16 : 1, C16 : 0 and C18 : 1; 2-OH C14 : 0 was the major 2-hydroxy fatty acid. Previously, these lipids have been found to be characteristic of members of the genus Sphingomonas sensu stricto. On the basis of phylogenetic analysis and physiological and biochemical characterization, strain KC7T represents a novel species of the genus Sphingomonas, for which the name Sphingomonas japonica sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is KC7T (=KMM 3038T =NRIC 0738T =JCM 15438T).,
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