| description of tropicibacter mediterraneus sp. nov. and tropicibacter litoreus sp. nov. | four strains (m15∅_3, m17(t), m49 and r37(t)) were isolated from mediterranean seawater at malvarrosa beach, valencia, spain. together with an older preserved isolate (strain 2om6) from cultured oysters at vinaroz, castellón, spain, the strains were thoroughly characterized in a polyphasic study and were placed phylogenetically within the roseobacter clade in the family rhodobacteraceae. highest 16s rrna sequence similarities of the five strains to the types of any established species correspond ... | 2013 | 23706913 |