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Galbibacter mesophilus gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the family Flavobacteriaceae

Biological Resource Center (NBRC), National Institute of Technology and Evaluation (NITE), 2-5-8 Kazusa-kamatari, Kisarazu, Chiba 292-0818, Japan

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Shams Tabrez Khan
shams-tabrez-khan{at}nite.go.jp

A Gram-negative, yellow-pigmented, rod-shaped bacterial strain (Mok-17^T) was isolated from marine sediment sampled in Okinawa Island, Japan. Based on analysis of the almost complete sequence of its 16S rRNA gene, strain Mok-17^T was found to belong to the family Flavobacteriaceae. Strain Mok-17^T showed highest 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity (91 %) to Leeuwenhoekiella marinoflava and Robiginitalea biformata. In a phylogenetic tree based on the 16S rRNA gene, strain Mok-17^T formed a deep branch distinct from all other organisms in the family Flavobacteriaceae. The major quinone was MK-6 and the major fatty acids were iso-15 : 0, iso-15 : 1, iso-17 : 0 3-OH and summed feature 3 (16 : 17c and/or iso-15 : 0 2-OH). The DNA G+C content was 37 mol%. The phylogenetic distance to the type strains of all recognized species in the family Flavobacteriaceae and the phenotypic properties of strain Mok-17^T supported its classification as representing a novel species in a new genus, for which the name Galbibacter mesophilus gen. nov., sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is Mok-17^T (=NBRC 101624^T=CIP 109219^T).

The GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of strain Mok-17^T is AB255367.

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