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Thalassomonas agarivorans sp. nov., a marine agarolytic bacterium isolated from shallow coastal water of An-Ping Harbour, Taiwan, and emended description of the genus Thalassomonas

¹ Center for General Education, Leader University, No. 188, Sec. 5, An-Chung Rd, Tainan, Taiwan
² Institute of Oceanography, National Taiwan University, PO Box 23-13, Taipei, Taiwan

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Wung Yang Shieh
winyang{at}ntu.edu.tw

A marine agarolytic bacterium, designated strain TMA1^T, was isolated from a seawater sample collected in a shallow-water region of An-Ping Harbour, Taiwan. It was non-fermentative and Gram-negative. Cells grown in broth cultures were straight or curved rods, non-motile and non-flagellated. The isolate required NaCl for growth and exhibited optimal growth at 25 °C and 3 % NaCl. It grew aerobically and was incapable of anaerobic growth by fermenting glucose or other carbohydrates. Predominant cellular fatty acids were C_{16 : 0} (17.5 %), C_{17 : 1}8c (12.8 %), C_{17 : 0} (11.1 %), C_{15 : 0} iso 2-OH/C_{16 : 1}7c (8.6 %) and C_{13 : 0} (7.3 %). The DNA G+C content was 41.0 mol%. Phylogenetic, phenotypic and chemotaxonomic data accumulated in this study revealed that the isolate could be classified in a novel species of the genus Thalassomonas in the family Colwelliaceae. The name Thalassomonas agarivorans sp. nov. is proposed for the novel species, with TMA1^T (=BCRC 17492^T=JCM 13379^T) as the type strain.

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