Journal of Microbiology

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NOTE] Chitinibacter suncheonensis sp. nov., a Chitinolytic Bacterium from a Mud Flat in Suncheon Bay: Sung Kyum Kim , Yong Ho Kim , Yu Seok Jeong , Han Beur Na , Jungho Kim , Keun Sik Baik , Han Dae Yun , Jung-Kul Lee , Hoon Kim; J. Microbiol. 2012;50(6):1058-1062. Published online December 30, 2012; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12275-012-2333-9

Abstract: A chitinolytic bacterium, designated strain SK16T, was isolated from a mud flat in Suncheon Bay, Republic of Korea. Strain SK16T is Gram-negative, strictly aerobic, motile by a polar flagellum, and short rod-shaped. Phylogenetic analyses based on 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that the strain belonged to the genus Chitinibacter and was most closely related to Chitinibacter tainanensis S1T (98.2% similarity). DNA-DNA hybridization analyses showed a low association value of 20.45±4.08% between them. The major cellular fatty acids, the G+C content of the genomic DNA, and the predominant quinone of the strain were summed feature 3 (iso-C15:0 2-OH and/or C16:1 ω7c; 50.5%) and C12:0 (12.5%), 52.26 mol%, and Q-8, respectively. Based on the phylogenetic, chemotaxonomic, and phenotypic properties, strain SK16T represents a novel species of the genus Chitinibacter, for which the name Chitinibacter suncheonensis sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is SK16T (=KCTC 23839T =DSM 25421T).

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