Glaciecola punicea gen. nov., sp. nov. and Glaciecola pallidula gen. nov., sp. nov.:: psychrophilic bacteria from Antarctic sea-ice habitats
Glaciecola punicea gen. nov., sp. nov. and Glaciecola pallidula gen. nov., sp. nov.:: psychrophilic bacteria from Antarctic sea-ice habitats
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10.1099/00207713-48-4-1213
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1998-10-01
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McMeekin, TA
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Bowman, JP;McCammon, SA;McMeekin, TA
A group of pigmented, psychrophilic, strictly aerobic chemoheterotrophs isolated from sea-ice cores collected from coastal areas of eastern Antarctica University of Tasmania, was found to represent a novel 165 rRNA lineage within the gamma subclass Of the Proteobacteria, adjacent to the genus Alteromonas. The isolates are motile, Gram-negative, rod-shaped cells, which are psychrophilic and slightly halophilic, and possess an absolute requirement for seawater. Differences in phenotypic characteristics and DNA-DNA hybridization indicated the isolates formed two distinct taxa which have DNA G+C contents of 44-46 mol % and 40 mol%, respectively. Whole-cell fatty acid profiles of the isolates were however very similar and included 16:1 omega 7c, 18:1 omega 7c, 16:0 and 17:1 omega 8c as the major fatty acid components. Overall, sufficient differences exist to distinguish the sea-ice strains from currently recognized bacterial genera. It is proposed the sea-ice strains represent a new genus, Glaciecola, which contains two species, Glaciecola punicea gen. nov., sp. nov. (ACAM 611(T)) and Glaciecola pallidula gen. nov., sp. nov. (ACAM 615(T)).