| shewanella spongiae sp. nov., isolated from a marine sponge. | a psychrophilic bacterium, designated strain hj039(t), was isolated from a marine sponge collected in the east sea of korea (also known as the sea of japan). cells were gram-negative, motile and rod-shaped (1.8-3.54 microm x 0.27-0.73 microm). growth was observed between 5 and 26 degrees c (optimum 15 degrees c), at ph 5.0-8.5 (optimum ph 6.0-6.5) and in the presence of 0-6.0 % nacl (optimum 2.0 %). the 16s rrna gene sequence of strain hj039(t) showed high levels of similarity (93.7-95.4 %) with ... | 2006 | 17158991 |