| amphritea atlantica gen. nov., sp. nov., a gammaproteobacterium from the logatchev hydrothermal vent field. | a novel gram-negative, motile, aerobic rod-shaped bacterium was isolated from a bathymodiolus sp. specimen collected from the logatchev hydrothermal vent field at the mid-atlantic ridge. the novel strain, m41(t), was catalase- and oxidase-positive and metabolised various carbohydrates and amino acids. it grew well in marine broth with an optimal growth temperature of 31 degrees c to 34 degrees c (range 4-40 degrees c) and salinity requirement of 3% (range 0.3-9%). the ph range for growth was ph ... | 2008 | 18175678 |
| amphritea japonica sp. nov. and amphritea balenae sp. nov., isolated from the sediment adjacent to sperm whale carcasses off kagoshima, japan. | two novel species were isolated from the sediment adjacent to sperm whale carcasses off kagoshima, japan, at a depth of about 230 m. the isolated strains, jamm 1866(t), jamm 1548 and jamm 1525(t), were gram-negative, rod-shaped, non-spore-forming and motile by means of a single polar or bipolar flagellum. phylogenetic analysis based on 16s rrna gene sequences of strains jamm 1866(t) and jamm 1548 indicated a relationship to the symbiotic bacterial clone r21 of osedax japonicus (100 % sequence si ... | 2008 | 19060065 |