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Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 57 (2007), 2665-2669; DOI  10.1099/ijs.0.65156-0
© 2007 International Union of Microbiological Societies

Fangia hongkongensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel gammaproteobacterium of the order Thiotrichales isolated from coastal seawater of Hong Kong

Ken W. K. Lau1, Jianping Ren1, Ming-Chiu Fung2, Patrick C. Y. Woo3, Kwok-Yung Yuen3, Kelvin K. M. Chan2, Pei-Yuan Qian1, Po-Keung Wong2 and Madeline Wu1

1 Department of Biology, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China
2 Department of Biology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, NT, Hong Kong SAR, China
3 Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Queen Mary Hospital Compound, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong SAR, China

Correspondence
Ken W. K. Lau
sslwk{at}cuhk.edu.hk

A Gram-negative, coccobacillus-shaped, aerobic bacterium, designated strain UST040201-002T, was isolated in February 2004 from seawater at the outlet of a sandfilter in Port Shelter, Hong Kong SAR, China. This strain possessed ubiquinone-8; its 16S rRNA gene sequence shared only 91 % similarity with the sequence from Caedibacter taeniospiralis and 89–90 % similarity with sequences from Francisella tularensis, Francisella novicida, Francisella philomiragia and Wolbachia persica. 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis showed that the strain formed a distinct clade with C. taeniospiralis. This subcluster formed a tight coherent group with members of the family Francisellaceae and W. persica. Combined phylogenetic and physiological data suggest that strain UST040201-002T represents a novel genus and species within the order Thiotrichales. The name Fangia hongkongensis gen. nov., sp. nov. is proposed; the type strain is UST040201-002T (=JCM 14605T=NRRL B-41860T).

The GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of UST040201-002T is AB176554.

Photomicrographs of strain UST040201-002T are available as a supplementary figure with the online version of this paper.






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