| kiloniella laminariae gen. nov., sp. nov., an alphaproteobacterium from the marine macroalga laminaria saccharina. | a novel alphaproteobacterium, strain ld81(t), was isolated from the marine macroalga laminaria saccharina. the bacterium is mesophilic and shows a typical marine growth response. it is a chemoheterotrophic aerobe with the potential for denitrification. growth optima are 25 degrees c, ph 5.5 and 3 % nacl. strain ld81(t) has a unique phylogenetic position, not fitting any of the known families of the alphaproteobacteria. the 16s rrna gene sequence revealed a distant relationship to species of seve ... | 2009 | 19196777 |