galbibacter mesophilus gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the family flavobacteriaceae. | a gram-negative, yellow-pigmented, rod-shaped bacterial strain (mok-17(t)) was isolated from marine sediment sampled in okinawa island, japan. based on analysis of the almost complete sequence of its 16s rrna gene, strain mok-17(t) was found to belong to the family flavobacteriaceae. strain mok-17(t) showed highest 16s rrna gene sequence similarity (91 %) to leeuwenhoekiella marinoflava and robiginitalea biformata. in a phylogenetic tree based on the 16s rrna gene, strain mok-17(t) formed a deep ... | 2007 | 17473243 |