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Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 59 (2009), 388-391; DOI  10.1099/ijs.0.65822-0
© 2009 International Union of Microbiological Societies

Tropicimonas isoalkanivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a branched-alkane-degrading bacterium isolated from Semarang Port in Indonesia

Theresia Umi Harwati1,2, Yuki Kasai1, Yumiko Kodama1, Dwi Susilaningsih2 and Kazuya Watanabe1

1 Marine Biotechnology Institute, 3-75-1 Heita, Kamaishi, Iwate 026-0001, Japan
2 Research Centre for Biotechnology, Indonesia Institute of Sciences (LIPI), Cibinong 11691, Indonesia

Correspondence
Yuki Kasai
ykasai{at}kitasato-u.ac.jp

An aerobic, Gram-negative, motile bacterium, strain B51T, was isolated from seawater obtained from Semarang Port in Indonesia. Cells of strain B51T were peritrichously flagellated and rod-shaped. Strain B51T was able to degrade alkanes, branched alkanes and alkylnaphthalenes. 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis revealed that strain B51T was affiliated with the family Rhodobacteraceae, and was related most closely to Thioclava pacifica TL 2T (94.6 % similarity). The DNA G+C content of strain B51T was 66.5 mol%. The major cellular fatty acids were C18 : 1{omega}7c (84.9 %), C18 : 1{omega}9c (13.8 %), C16 : 0 (8.7 %), C18 : 0 (6.4 %) and anteiso-C15 : 0 (5.8 %) and the major quinone was ubiquinone-10. Based on its phenotypic and phylogenetic characteristics, strain B51T is considered to represent a novel species of a new genus, for which the name Tropicimonas isoalcanivorans gen. nov., sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain of the type species is B51T (=JCM 14837T=DSM 19548T).

The GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of strain B51T is AB302379.






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