| planococcus maritimus sp. nov., isolated from sea water of a tidal flat in korea. | two gram-positive, motile cocci, strains tf-9(t) and tf-16, were isolated from sea water of a tidal flat in korea. phylogenetic analysis based on 16s rdna sequences showed that the strains fall within the radiation of the cluster comprising planococcus citreus and planococcus kocurii, and this cluster joined the clade comprising planomicrobium species and planococcus alkanoclasticus and planococcus psychrophilus with a high bootstrap resampling value. strains tf-9(t) and tf-16 contained mk-8, mk ... | 2003 | 14657138 |
| planomicrobium chinense sp. nov., isolated from coastal sediment, and transfer of planococcus psychrophilus and planococcus alkanoclasticus to planomicrobium as planomicrobium psychrophilum comb. nov. and planomicrobium alkanoclasticum comb. nov. | an aerobic, motile, gram-positive strain, dx3-12(t), was isolated from coastal sediment of the eastern china sea in fujian province, china, and was identified by means of polyphasic taxonomy. on the basis of 16s rrna gene sequence similarity, strain dx3-12(t) was closely related to members of the genera planomicrobium and planococcus. 16s rrna gene sequence similarities between strain dx3-12(t) and planomicrobium mcmeekinii, planomicrobium koreense, planomicrobium okeanokoites, planococcus psych ... | 2005 | 15774646 |
| bacterial community in ancient siberian permafrost as characterized by culture and culture-independent methods. | the microbial composition of ancient permafrost sediments from the kolyma lowland of northeast eurasia was examined through culture and culture-independent approaches. these sediments have been continuously frozen for 5,000 to 2-3 million years. a total of 265 bacteria 16s rrna gene sequences were amplified from the permafrost total-community genomic dna and screened by amplified ribosomal 16s rrna restriction analysis. members of three major lineages were found: gamma-proteobacteria (mostly xan ... | 2006 | 16805696 |
| planococcus donghaensis sp. nov., a starch-degrading bacterium isolated from the east sea, south korea. | a novel gram-positive, aerobic bacterium, strain jh1t, was isolated from deep-sea sediment of the east sea, south korea, and identified by methods of polyphasic taxonomy. the strain was oxidase-positive, motile and coccus-shaped. the genomic dna g+c content of strain jh1t was 47 mol%. the major fatty acid of strain jh1t was anteiso-c15:0 and the predominant menaquinones were mk-7 and mk-8. similarity of the 16s rrna gene sequence (1452 nt) of strain jh1t to those of species of the genera planoco ... | 2007 | 17978233 |
| proposal of chungangia koreensis gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a marine sediment of the yellow sea in the republic of korea. | a gram-positive, strictly aerobic, non-spore-forming, rod shaped bacterial strain, cau 9163(t), was isolated from marine sediment collected in the republic of korea and its taxonomic position was investigated using a polyphasic approach. the strain cau 9163(t) grew optimally at 30°c and ph 8.0. phylogenetic analysis based on 16s rrna gene sequences revealed that the strain formed a hitherto unknown lineage within the order bacillales containing the genera planomicrobium, planococcus, sporosarcin ... | 2011 | 21984680 |
| planococcus stackebrandtii sp. nov., isolated from a cold desert of the himalayas, india. | the taxonomic position of a bacterium isolated from a cold desert of the himalayas, india, was analysed by using a polyphasic approach. the isolated strain, designated k22-03t, had phenotypic characteristics that matched those of the genus planococcus and it represents a novel species. the almost-complete 16s rrna gene sequence (1464 bases) of the novel strain was compared with those of previously studied planococcus type strains and confirmed that the strain belongs to the genus planococcus. 16 ... | 2005 | 15653859 |
| planococcus rifietensis sp. nov, isolated from algal mat collected from a sulfurous spring in campania (italy). | the taxomony of strain m8, isolated from algal mat formed at the origin of a sulfurous spring in rifieto (savignano irpino, campania, italy), was investigated in a polyphasic approach. the morphological, physiological and genetic characteristics were compared with of planococcus and planomicrobium species. the isolate grew optimally at ph 9.0, 1.8 m nacl at 37 degrees c. the cells were gram-positive cocci that form pairs, tetrads and aggregates of several cells. the isolate was aerobic/microaero ... | 2003 | 14529178 |
| planomicrobium koreense gen. nov., sp. nov., a bacterium isolated from the korean traditional fermented seafood jeotgal, and transfer of planococcus okeanokoites (nakagawa et al. 1996) and planococcus mcmeekinii (junge et al. 1998) to the genus planomicrobium. | a bacterial strain, jg07t, isolated from the korean traditional fermented seafood jeotgal, was subjected to a polyphasic taxonomic study. cells of strain jg07t are cocci or short rods in the early growth phase but change to rods as the cultures age. the peptidoglycan type is a4alpha, based on l-lys-d-glu. the menaquinone profile is characterized by the predominance of mk-8 followed by mk-7 and mk-6. the cellular fatty acid profile contains major amounts of saturated, unsaturated and branched fat ... | 2001 | 11491353 |
| reclassification of bacillus beijingensis and bacillus ginsengi qiu et al., 2009 as bhargavaea beijingensis comb. nov. and bhargavaea ginsengi comb. nov. and emended description of the genus bhargavaea. | we have carried out a polyphasic taxonomic characterization of validly published type strains of species, bacillus beijingensis dsm 19037t and bacillus ginsengi dsm 19038t that were phylogenetically closely related to bhargavaea cecembensis lmg 24411t. all the strains are gram-positive, non-motile, moderately halotolerant and non-spore forming. 16s rrna gene sequence analyses showed that these constituted a coherent cluster, with sequence similarities between 99.7 and 98.7 %. the percentage simi ... | 2011 | 22155760 |
| description of chryseomicrobium imtechense gen. nov., sp. nov., a new member of the family planococcaceae. | a gram-positive, rod shaped, yellow coloured, non-motile, non-spore forming, strictly aerobic bacterial strain, designated mw 10t, was isolated from bay of bengal, india and was subjected to a polyphasic taxonomic approach. the 16s rrna gene sequence revealed that strain mw 10t was showed highest similarity with bacillus psychrodurans (96.15%) and bacillus psychrotolerans (96.01%) and also showed less than 96% similarity with members of genus paenisporosarcina, planococcous, sporosarcina and pla ... | 2010 | 20833890 |
| planomicrobium flavidum sp. nov., isolated from a marine solar saltern, and transfer of planococcus stackebrandtii mayilraj et al. 2005 to the genus planomicrobium as planomicrobium stackebrandtii comb. nov. | a gram-positive to gram-variable, motile and coccoid- or short rod-shaped bacterial strain, isl-41(t), was subjected to a polyphasic study to investigate its exact taxonomic position. strain isl-41(t) grew optimally at ph 7.0-8.0 and 30 degrees c. it contained mk-8 and mk-7 as the predominant menaquinones and anteiso-c(15 : 0), iso-c(16 : 0), anteiso-c(17 : 0) and c(16 : 1)omega7c alcohol as the major fatty acids. the dna g+c content was 45.9 mol%. a phylogenetic analysis based on 16s rrna gene ... | 2009 | 19628589 |
| bhargavaea cecembensis gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from the chagos-laccadive ridge system in the indian ocean. | a novel gram-positive, rod-shaped, non-motile, non-spore-forming bacterium, strain dse10(t), was isolated from a deep-sea sediment sample collected at a depth of 5904 m from the chagos-laccadive ridge system in the indian ocean. cells of strain dse10(t) were positive for catalase, oxidase, urease and lipase activities and contained iso-c(14 : 0), iso-c(15 : 0), iso-c(16 : 0) and anteiso-c(15 : 0) as the major fatty acids. the major respiratory quinones were mk-6 and mk-8 and the major lipids wer ... | 2009 | 19625444 |
| planomicrobium glaciei sp. nov., a psychrotolerant bacterium isolated from a glacier. | a novel aerobic, psychrotolerant, yellow-to-orange bacterium (strain 0423(t)) was isolated from the china no. 1 glacier. strain 0423(t) displayed phenotypic and chemotaxonomic features of the genus planomicrobium, containing anteiso-c(15 : 0) and iso-c(14 : 0) as the major fatty acids. the temperature range for growth was 4-28 degrees c, with optimum growth at 20-21 degrees c. the genomic dna g+c content was 49 mol%. phylogenetic analysis based on 16s rrna gene sequence similarity showed that st ... | 2009 | 19502321 |
| coral mucus-associated bacteria: a possible first line of defense. | interactions among microorganisms found in coral mucus can be either symbiotic or competitive. it has been hypothesized that microbial communities found on the surface of coral play a role in coral holobiont defense, possibly through production of antimicrobial substances. selected microorganisms isolated from the mucus layer of a number of coral species were grown using agar-plating techniques. screening for antimicrobial substances was performed using overlay and drop techniques, employing sev ... | 2009 | 19161430 |
| characterization of unusual alkaliphilic gram-positive bacteria isolated from degraded brown alga thalluses. | two orange-pigmented gram-positive, aerobic bacteria were isolated from enrichment culture during degradation of brown alga fucus evanescens thalluses. in this work, atomic force microscopy (afm) has been used to study the cell morphology. the non-contact mode imaging revealed unusual irregular coccoid shape of cells, possessing a single flagellum. bacteria produced carotenoid pigments, were chemo-organotrophic, alkaliphilic and halo-tolerant growing well on nutrient media containing up to 15% n ... | 2006 | 17100323 |