| tenacibaculum holothuriorum sp. nov., isolated from the sea cucumber apostichopus japonicus intestine. | a novel bacterial strain, designated s2-2t, was isolated from the intestine of a sea cucumber apostichopus japonicus in xiapu, fujian province, china. strain s2-2t was found to be aerobic, gram-stain-negative, pale yellow, rod-shaped, oxidase- and catalase-positive. growth occurred at 15-36 °c (optimum, 25-32 °c), in the presence of 2-7% sea salt (w/v, optimum, 3-5%) and at ph 6-9 (optimum, ph 7.0). the isolate was able to hydrolyse gelatin, casein and dna, but unable to degrade tween 20, 40 and ... | 2015 | 26345588 |