RESUMO
A Gram-negative, yellow-pigmented, non-flagellated, gliding, rod-shaped and aerobic bacterium, designated MEBiC 12267T, was isolated from green algae of Jeju Island. 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis revealed that the strain MEBiC 12267T was affiliated to the genus Euzebyella of the family Flavobacteriaceae and showed the highest similarity to Euzebyella marina KCTC 42440T (98.5â%). The DNA-DNA relatedness value of strain MEBiC 12267T with E. marina KCTC 42440T was 25â%. Growth was observed at 10-37 °C (optimum, 30-33 °C), at pH 6.0-9.5 (optimum, 8.0-8.5) and with 0.5-9.0â% (w/v) NaCl (optimum, 2.5-3.5â%). The predominant cellular fatty acids were iso-C15â:â0, iso-C15â:â1 G and iso-C17â:â0 3-OH. The major respiratory quinone was MK-6. Polar lipids included phosphatidylethanolamine, seven unidentified lipids and two unidentified aminolipids. The DNA G+C content was 40.7 mol%. On the basis of the data from the polyphasic taxonomic study, it was concluded that the strain MEBiC 12267T represents a novel species within the genus Euzebyella, for which the name Euzebyella algicola sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain of E. algicola is MEBiC 12267T (=KCCM 43264T=JCM 32170T).
