| bizionia paragorgiae gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the family flavobacteriaceae isolated from the soft coral paragorgia arborea. | a novel marine bacterium isolated from the soft coral paragorgia arborea in the sea of okhotsk was studied by using a polyphasic taxonomic approach. the strain, kmm 6029t, was strictly aerobic, heterotrophic, yellow-pigmented, non-motile by gliding, gram-negative and oxidase-, catalase- and alkaline phosphatase-positive. from results of 16s rrna gene sequence analysis, strain kmm 6029t occupied a distinct lineage within the family flavobacteriaceae and showed 95.5 % similarity to its closest rel ... | 2005 | 15653903 |
| novel members of the family flavobacteriaceae from antarctic maritime habitats including subsaximicrobium wynnwilliamsii gen. nov., sp. nov., subsaximicrobium saxinquilinus sp. nov., subsaxibacter broadyi gen. nov., sp. nov., lacinutrix copepodicola gen. nov., sp. nov., and novel species of the genera bizionia, gelidibacter and gillisia. | several orange- and yellow-pigmented, halophilic, strictly aerobic, chemoheterotrophic, gram-negative strains were isolated during investigations of maritime antarctic habitats, including coastal fast sea-ice brine and algae, crustaceans and quartz stone sublithic cyanobacterial biofilms. isolates investigated in this study belonged to the marine clade of the family flavobacteriaceae and represented lineages that were either distinct from species with validly published names or appeared to be di ... | 2005 | 16014468 |
| gaetbulibacter saemankumensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the family flavobacteriaceae isolated from a tidal flat sediment in korea. | three gram-negative, yellow-pigmented, rod-shaped bacterial strains, smk-12(t), smk-36 and smk-45, were isolated from a tidal flat sediment of the yellow sea in korea, and their taxonomic positions were investigated by a polyphasic approach. the three strains grew optimally at 25-30 degrees c and in the presence of 2-3% (w/v) nacl. they contained mk-6 as the predominant menaquinone. the major cellular fatty acids were iso-c(15:0), iso-c(17:0) 3-oh, iso-c(15:1), anteiso-c(15:0), iso-c(15:0) 3-oh ... | 2005 | 16166676 |
| yeosuana aromativorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a mesophilic marine bacterium belonging to the family flavobacteriaceae, isolated from estuarine sediment of the south sea, korea. | a marine bacterium, gw1-1t, capable of degrading benzo[a]pyrene (bap), was isolated from estuarine sediments of the south sea (the korea strait), korea, after an enrichment culture maintained for 2 years in a medium supplemented with a mixture of bap and pyrene. the strain formed yellowish-brown colonies on marine agar 2216. cells were strictly aerobic, non-motile, gram-negative rods and produced non-diffusible carotenoid pigments. optimal growth occurred in the presence of 1 % (w/v) nacl and at ... | 2006 | 16585684 |
| purification and characterization of an extracellular, uracil specific ribonuclease from a bizionia species isolated from the marine environment of the sundarbans. | the first ribonuclease (rnase) from the cytophaga-flavobacterium-bacteroides phylum, dominant in the marine environment, and also from the first bizionia species isolated from the tropics was purified and characterized. extracellular rnase production occurred when the culture medium contained 5-7% (w/v) nacl. the 53.0 kda enzyme was purified 29 folds with a recovery of 4% and specific activity of 630unit/mg protein. the ph and temperature optima are 6.5 and 35 degrees c, respectively and the enz ... | 2008 | 16644192 |
| bizionia argentinensis sp. nov., isolated from surface marine water in antarctica. | a marine bacterial strain, designated strain jub59(t), was isolated from surface seawater in antarctica and subsequently characterized. cells were found to be gram-negative, non-motile rods forming butyrous, shiny, yellowish orange colonies on marine agar. growth occurred at 2-28 degrees c (optimally at 22-25 degrees c) but not at 30 degrees c; na+ ions were required, but 9 % nacl (w/v) was not tolerated. phylogenetic analysis, based on comparisons of the complete 16s rrna gene sequence of the n ... | 2008 | 18842857 |
| bizionia echini sp. nov., isolated from a sea urchin. | a bacterial strain, designated kmm 6177(t), was isolated from the sea urchin strongylocentrotus intermedius and subjected to a polyphasic taxonomic investigation. the bacterium was found to be heterotrophic, aerobic, non-motile by gliding and orange-pigmented. comparative phylogenetic analysis based on 16s rrna gene sequencing placed the marine isolate in the genus bizionia, a member of the family flavobacteriaceae, with 16s rrna gene sequence similarity of 94.9-98.6 % with recognized bizionia s ... | 2010 | 19661492 |
| antarcticimonas flava gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from antarctic coastal seawater. | a marine bacterium, designated imcc3175(t), was isolated from a seawater sample collected off the antarctic coast. the strain was gram-negative, obligately aerobic, carotenoid pigment-containing, and rod-shaped bacterium that divided by binary fission. as determined by 16s rrna gene sequence comparisons, the most closely related genera were formosa (92.9 approximately 93.3%), bizionia (91.6 approximately 93.2%), gaetbulibacter (91.5 approximately 92.8%), sediminibacter (92.7%), yeosuana (92.6%), ... | 2009 | 19851722 |
| corallibacter vietnamensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a new marine bacterium of the family flavobacteriaceae. | the taxonomic position of the novel heterotrophic, strictly aerobic, gram-negative, gliding and dark-orange pigmented bacteria, designated strains kmm 6217t and kmm 6332, was determined. the strains grew at 10-40 °c and with 0.5-8% nacl. they were catalase- and oxidase-positive, produced flexirubin-type pigments and hydrolyzed aesculin, gelatin, starch, tween 80 and dna. the predominant fatty acids were iso-c15:1, iso-c15:0, c15:0, iso-c15:0 2-oh and iso-c17:0 3-oh. the polar lipid profile was c ... | 2011 | 21515707 |
| (1)h, (15)n and (13)c chemical shift assignments of the ba42 protein of the psychrophilic bacteria bizionia argentinensis sp. nov. | ba42 is a protein belonging to the psychrophilic bacteria bizionia argentinensis sp. nov. bioinformatics analysis showed that it presents significant sequence identity with a pfam a family, duf 477, found both in eukarya and eubacteria but of unknown function in all these organisms. here, we report the nmr spectra assignment of this 145 amino acid protein. these data will allow performing nmr structural studies with the aim of using the three-dimensional structure as relevant information in orde ... | 2011 | 22201035 |
| Draft genome sequence of Bizionia argentinensis, isolated from Antarctic surface water. | A psychrotolerant marine bacterial strain, designated JUB59(T), was isolated from Antarctic surface seawater and classified as a new species of the genus Bizionia. Here, we present the first draft genome sequence for this genus, which suggests interesting features such as UV resistance, hydrolytic exoenzymes, and nitrogen metabolism. | 2011 | 22072650 |