TY - JOUR
T1 - Fangia hongkongensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel gammaproteobacterium of the order Thiotrichales isolated from coastal seawater of Hong Kong
AU - Lau, Ken W.K.
AU - Ren, Jianping
AU - Fung, Ming Chiu
AU - Woo, Patrick C.Y.
AU - Yuen, Kwok Yung
AU - Chan, Kelvin K.M.
AU - Qian, Pei Yuan
AU - Wong, Po Keung
AU - Wu, Madeline
PY - 2007/11
Y1 - 2007/11
N2 - A Gram-negative, coccobacillus-shaped, aerobic bacterium, designated strain UST040201-002T, was isolated in February 2004 from seawater at the outlet of a sandfilter in Port Shelter, Hong Kong SAR, China. This strain possessed ubiquinone-8; its 16S rRNA gene sequence shared only 91 % similarity with the sequence from Caedibacter taeniospiralis and 89-90% similarity with sequences from Francisella tularensis, Francisella novicida, Francisella philomiragia and Wolbachia persica. 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis showed that the strain formed a distinct clade with C. taeniospiralis. This subcluster formed a tight coherent group with members of the family Francisellaceae and W persica. Combined phylogenetic and physiological data suggest that strain UST040201-002T represents a novel genus and species within the order Thiotrichales. The name Fangia hongkongensis gen. nov., sp. nov. is proposed; the type strain is UST040201-002T (=JCM 14605T=NRRL B-41860T).
AB - A Gram-negative, coccobacillus-shaped, aerobic bacterium, designated strain UST040201-002T, was isolated in February 2004 from seawater at the outlet of a sandfilter in Port Shelter, Hong Kong SAR, China. This strain possessed ubiquinone-8; its 16S rRNA gene sequence shared only 91 % similarity with the sequence from Caedibacter taeniospiralis and 89-90% similarity with sequences from Francisella tularensis, Francisella novicida, Francisella philomiragia and Wolbachia persica. 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis showed that the strain formed a distinct clade with C. taeniospiralis. This subcluster formed a tight coherent group with members of the family Francisellaceae and W persica. Combined phylogenetic and physiological data suggest that strain UST040201-002T represents a novel genus and species within the order Thiotrichales. The name Fangia hongkongensis gen. nov., sp. nov. is proposed; the type strain is UST040201-002T (=JCM 14605T=NRRL B-41860T).
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U2 - 10.1099/ijs.0.65156-0
DO - 10.1099/ijs.0.65156-0
M3 - Article
C2 - 17978237
AN - SCOPUS:36549059617
SN - 1466-5026
VL - 57
SP - 2665
EP - 2669
JO - International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology
JF - International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology
IS - 11
ER -