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f Flexivirga lutea sp. nov., isolated from the faeces of a crested ibis, Nipponia nippon, and emended description of the genus Flexivirga
- Authors: Woorim Kang1,† , Dong-Wook Hyun1,† , Pil Soo Kim1 , Na-Ri Shin1 , Hyun Sik Kim1 , June-Young Lee1 , Euon Jung Tak1 , Jeong Rae Roh2 , Sun Duk Park2 , Hyung Eun Shim2 , Jin-Woo Bae1
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1 1Department of Life and Nanopharmaceutical Sciences and Department of Biology, Kyung Hee University, Seoul 130-701, Republic of Korea 2 2Seoul Grand Park, 102, Daegongwongwangjang-ro, Gwacheon-si, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea
- Correspondence Jin-Woo Bae [email protected]
- First Published Online: 01 September 2016, International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 66: 3594-3599, doi: 10.1099/ijsem.0.001238
- Subject: New taxa - Actinobacteria
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A novel Gram-staining-positive, aerobic, non-motile and coccus-shaped bacterium, designated strain TBS-100T, was isolated from the faeces of a crested ibis, Nipponia nippon. The phylogenetic analysis based on the 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that the closest relative of TBS-100T was Flexivirga alba DSM 24460T with 97.11 % sequence similarity, and that strain TBS-100T belonged to the genus Flexivirga . The optimum growth conditions for strain TBS-100T were 30 °C, at a pH of 7 and in the presence of 0 % (w/v) NaCl. The primary cellular fatty acids of strain TBS-100T were anteiso-C17 : 0 and iso-C17 : 0. The predominant isoprenoid quinones were MK-8 (H4) (70.2 %) and MK-8 (H6) (29.7 %). The polar lipids were diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylinositol, seven unidentified lipids and an unidentified phospholipid. The whole-cell sugars of strain TBS-100T were ribose, glucose, galactose, rhamnose and mannose. The peptidoglycan contained alanine, lysine, glutamic acid, glycine and aspartic acid. The DNA G+C content was 64.8 mol%. The phenotypic, phylogenetic and genotypic analyses indicated that strain TBS-100T represents a novel species of the genus Flexivirga for which the name Flexivirga lutea sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is TBS-100T (=KCTC 39625T=JCM 31200T). In addition, an emended description of the genus Flexivirga is proposed.
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These authors contributed equally to this work.
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The Genbank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of strain TBS-100T is KT228275.
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One supplementary figure is available with the online Supplementary Material.
- Keyword(s): Dermacoccaceae, nipponia nippon, Actinobacteria, crested ibis, Flexivirga, lutea
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Abbreviations: DPG diphosphatidylglycerol PI phosphatidylinositol
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