Thalassomonas loyana sp. nov., a causative agent of the white plague-like disease of corals on the Eilat coral reef
Thompson, F.L.; Barash, Y.; Sawabe, T.; Sharon, G.; Swings, J.; Rosenberg, E. (2006). Thalassomonas loyana sp. nov., a causative agent of the white plague-like disease of corals on the Eilat coral reef. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 56: 365-368. dx.doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.63800-0
In: International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. Society for General Microbiology: Reading. ISSN 1466-5026; e-ISSN 1466-5034, more
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- Thompson, F.L.
- Barash, Y.
- Sawabe, T.
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- Sharon, G.
- Swings, J., more
- Rosenberg, E.
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| Abstract |
The taxonomic position of the coral pathogen strain CBMAI 722T was determined on the basis of molecular and phenotypic data. We clearly show that the novel isolate CBMAI 722T is a member of the family Colwelliaceae, with Thalassomonas ganghwensis as the nearest neighbour (95 % 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity). CBMAI 722T can be differentiated from its nearest neighbour on the basis of phenotypic and chemotaxonomic features, including the utilization of cellobiose and l-arginine, the production of alginase and amylase, but not oxidase, and the presence of the fatty acids 12 : 0 3-OH and 14 : 0, but not 10 : 0 or 15 : 0. The DNA G+C content of CBMAI 722T is 39·3 mol%. We conclude that this strain represents a novel species for which we propose the name Thalassomonas loyana sp. nov., with the type strain CBMAI 722T (=LMG 22536T). This is the first report of the involvement of a member of the family Colwelliaceae in coral white plague-like disease. |
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