Geofilum rubicundum gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from deep subseafloor sediment

Miyazaki, Masayuki; Koide, Osamu; Kobayashi, Tohru; Mori, Kozue; Shimamura, Shigeru; Nunoura, Takuro; Imachi, Hiroyuki; Inagaki, Fumio; Nagahama, Takahiko; Nogi, Yuichi; Deguchi, Shigeru; Takai, Ken

Geofilum rubicundum gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from deep subseafloor sediment

2012

A novel, facultatively anaerobic bacterium (strain JAM-BA0501T) was isolated from a deep subseafloor sediment sample at a depth of 247 m below seafloor off the Shimokita Peninsula of Japan in the north-western Pacific Ocean (Site C9001, 1180 m water depth). Cells of strain JAM-BA0501T were Gram-negative, filamentous, non-spore-forming and motile on solid medium by gliding. Phylogenetic analysis based on the 16S rRNA gene sequence of strain JAM-BA0501T indicated a distant relationship to strains representing genera within the order Bacteroidales, such as Alkaliflexus imshenetskii Z-7010T (91.1 % similarity), Marinilabilia salmonicolor ATCC 19041T (86.2 %) and Anaerophaga thermohalophila Fru22T (89.3 %). The new isolate produced isoprenoid quinones with menaquinone MK-7 as the major component, and the predominant fatty acids were iso-C15 : 0 and anteiso-C15 : 0. The DNA G+C content of the isolate was 42.9 mol%. Based on its taxonomic distinctiveness, strain JAM-BA0501T is considered to represent a novel species of a new genus within the family Marinilabiliaceae, for which the name Geofilum rubicundum gen. nov., sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain of Geofilum rubicundum is JAM-BA0501T ( = JCM 15548T = NCIMB 14482T).

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