| mariniflexile fucanivorans sp. nov., a marine member of the flavobacteriaceae that degrades sulphated fucans from brown algae. | a rod-shaped, gram-negative, chemo-organotrophic, heterotrophic, strictly aerobic, gliding bacterial strain, sw5(t), capable of degrading sulphated fucans from brown algae was isolated from a water-treatment facility that recycles the effluent of an alginate-extraction plant in landerneau (brittany, france). its taxonomic position was investigated by a polyphasic approach. strain sw5(t) formed dark-yellow colonies, was oxidase-negative and catalase-positive and grew optimally at 25 degrees c and ... | 2008 | 18768613 |