A Gram-negative, aerobic, gliding, orange-yellow marine bacterium was isolated from particulate material sampled from the Southern Ocean. This strain produced an exopolysaccharide in liquid culture. 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis showed that this isolate was a member of the family Flavobacteriaceae, but represented a separate lineage. Major whole-cell fatty acids included i15:1ωo10c, i15:0, β-OH i15:0, a15:1ω10c, 15:0 and α-OH i15:0. The G+C content of the DNA was 49 mol%. Based on phylogenetic, phenotypic, chemotaxonomic and genotypic analyses, this bacterium was placed in a novel taxon as Olleya marilimosa gen. nov., sp. nov. with type strain CAM030T (=ACAM 1065T=CIP 108537T). © 2005 IUMS.

Item Type:	Refereed Article
Research Division:	Biological Sciences
Research Group:	Microbiology
Research Field:	Microbiology not elsewhere classified
Objective Division:	Environmental Management
Objective Group:	Marine systems and management
Objective Field:	Oceanic processes (excl. in the Antarctic and Southern Ocean)
UTAS Author:	Mancuso Nichols, CA (Dr Carol Mancuso Nichols)
UTAS Author:	Bowman, JP (Associate Professor John Bowman)
ID Code:	30495
Year Published:	2005
Web of Science® Times Cited:	48
Deposited By:	Agricultural Science
Deposited On:	2005-08-01
Last Modified:	2012-03-05
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