Flavobacterium lacunae sp. nov., isolated from a freshwater pond

Abstract

A novel bacterial strain AHQ-46 was isolated from a freshwater lake in Taiwan. The strain was Gram-stain-negative, strictly aerobic, motile by gliding, rod-shaped and formed translucent yellow colonies. Optimal growth occurred at 20-25 °C, pH 7.0, and in the absence of NaCl. Phylogenetic analyses based on 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that strain AHQ-46 belonged to the genus Flavobacterium and was most closely related to Flavobacterium verecundum TTM-46 with a sequence similarity of 95.8 %. Strain AHQ-46 contained iso-C15 : 1 G, iso-C15 : 0, summed feature 3 (C16 : 1ω6c and/or C16 : 1ω7c) and iso-C17 : 0 3-OH as the predominant fatty acids. The polar lipid profile consisted of phosphatidylethanolamine and several uncharacterized aminophospholipids and phospholipids. The major polyamine was homospermidine. The major isoprenoid quinone was MK-6. The DNA G+C content of the genomic DNA was 32.1 mol%. Differential phenotypic properties, together with the phylogenetic inference, demonstrate that strain AHQ-46 should be classified as a representative of a novel species of the genus Flavobacterium, for which the name Flavobacterium lacunae sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is AHQ-46 (=BCRC 80889=LMG 28710).

Chemical and molecular characterization of metabolites from Flavobacterium sp.

“…Various strains of Flavobacterium sp. were identified as gram-negative, aerobic forming yellow colonies such as Flavobacterium seoulense , Flavobacterium verecundum [ 22 , 23 ]. Oil degrading strains such as Flavobacterium naphthae sp.…”

Corrigendum: Correction to manuscripts describing the fatty acid composition of organisms submitted to IJSEM between 2014 and 2021

“…The previously published articles listed in the References [1–50] contained the phrase ‘Summed features are groups of two or three fatty acids that are treated together for the purpose of evaluation in the MIDI system and include both peaks with discrete ECLs as well as those where the ECLs are not reported separately’, which was taken from and consequently should have cited the following article:…”