| rubritalea sabuli sp. nov., a carotenoid- and squalene-producing member of the family verrucomicrobiaceae, isolated from marine sediment. | the taxonomic status of a verrucomicrobial strain isolated from marine sediment was established based on a polyphasic examination. the novel isolate, strain ym29-052t, was obligately aerobic, gram-negative, non-motile, coccoid or rod-shaped and chemoheterotrophic. phylogenetic analyses based on 16s rrna gene sequences demonstrated that the new isolate shared approximately 94-99 % sequence similarity with members of genus rubritalea of the family verrucomicrobiaceae within the phylum 'verrucomicr ... | 2008 | 18398208 |