Kocuria coralli sp. nov., a novel actinobacterium isolated from coral reef seawater. Issue 2 (31st October 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Li, Jie; Zhang, Si
• Is Part Of: International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology. Volume 70:Issue 2(2020)
• Page Start: 785
• Page End: 789
• Publication Date: 2019-10-31
• Subjects: Kocuria -- Kocuria coralli sp. nov -- coral reef -- seawater -- polyphasic taxonomy; Microbiology -- Periodicals; Microbiology -- Classification -- Periodicals; 579
• DOI: 10.1099/ijsem.0.003825
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1466-5026

Abstract

Abstract : An actinobacterial strain, SCSIO 13007 T, was isolated from seawater collected from the Luhuitou fringing reef at a depth of 4.2 m. Phylogenetic and phenotypic properties of the organism supported the hypothesis that it represented a member of the genus Kocuria . Phylogenetic analysis indicated that the levels of 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity between SCSIO 13007 T and type strains of other recognized members of the genus Kocuria were lower than 96.99 %. Growth in the presence of up to 15 % (w/v) NaCl was a distinctive characteristic of SCSIO 13007 T . Other biochemical and physiological properties and the major fatty acids also differentiated the isolate from its phylogenetically closest relative Kocuria subflava YIM 13062 T . The menaquinone types were MK-7(H2 ) and MK-8(H2 ). Major cellular fatty acids were anteiso-C15 : 0, iso-C15 : 0 and anteiso-C17 : 0 . The polar lipids were diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylglycerol, an unidentified lipid and an unidentified aminolipid. The DNA G+C content was 73.7 mol%. The combined genotypic and phenotypic data indicated that strain SCSIO 13007 T represents a novel species of the genus Kocuria, for which the name Kocuria coralli sp. nov. is proposed; the type strain is SCSIO 13007 T (=DSM 27811 T =NBRC 109942 T ).