marinomonas pontica sp. nov., isolated from the black sea. | a gram-negative, polarly flagellated bacterium was isolated from a sea-water sample collected from the karadag natural reserve of the eastern crimea and characterized to clarify its taxonomic position. 16s rrna gene sequence-based phylogenetic analysis of this novel organism revealed marinomonas vaga, marinomonas communis, marinomonas mediterranea, marinomonas primoryensis and 'marinomonas protea' as its closest relatives (similarity 95-97 %). the g+c content of the dna was 46.5 mol%. the organi ... | 2005 | 15653887 |