@article{mbs:/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijsem.0.002194, author = "Sheu, Shih-Yi and Lin, Kai-Rou and Hsu, Ming-yuan and Sheu, Der-Shyan and Tang, Sen-Lin and Chen, Wen-Ming", title = "Endozoicomonas acroporae sp. nov., isolated from Acropora coral", journal= "International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology", year = "2017", volume = "67", number = "10", pages = "3791-3797", doi = "https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.002194", url = "https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijsem.0.002194", publisher = "Microbiology Society", issn = "1466-5034", type = "Journal Article", keywords = "proteobacteria", keywords = "new taxa", keywords = "coral", keywords = "Endozoicomonas acroporae", keywords = "Hahellaceae", keywords = "Acropora", abstract = "Strain Acr-14T, isolated from Acropora coral, was characterized by using a polyphasic taxonomy approach. Cells of strain Acr-14T were Gram-stain-negative, aerobic, non-motile, poly-β-hydroxybutyrate-accumulating, rod-shaped and formed creamy white colonies. Optimal growth occurred at 30 °C, pH 7 and in the presence of 2 % NaCl. Phylogenetic analyses based on 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that strain Acr-14T belonged to the genus Endozoicomonas and was most closely related to Endozoicomonas atrinae WP70T with sequence similarity of 96.7 %. Strain Acr-14T contained summed feature 3 (C16 : 1ω7c and/or C16 : 1ω6c), summed feature 8 (C18 : 1ω7c and/or C18 : 1ω6c) and C16 : 0 as the predominant fatty acids. The predominant isoprenoid quinone was Q-9. The major polar lipids were phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylglycerol and diphosphatidylglycerol. The genomic DNA G+C content of strain Acr-14T was 49.1 mol%. Differential phenotypic properties, together with the phylogenetic inference, demonstrated that strain Acr-14T should be classified as a novel species of the genus Endozoicomonas , for which the name Endozoicomonas acroporae sp. nov. is presented. The type strain is Acr-14T (=BCRC 80922T=LMG 29482T=KCTC 42901T).", }