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Colwellia asteriadis sp. nov., a marine bacterium isolated from Asterias amurensis

¹ Kangnung-Wonju National University, Republic of Korea;
² Korea Institute of Science and Technology;
³ East Sea Fisheries Research Institute, Republic of Korea

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The marine bacterial strain KMD 002^T was isolated from an Amur starfish Asterias amurensis, collected in the East Sea of Korea. KMD 002^T is a Gram-negative, beige pigmented, rod shaped bacteria. The strain is capable of growth at relatively low temperatures (4-25°C) and over a broad pH range (4.0-10.0). The major fatty acids were determined to be C_16:17c and/or iso-C_15:0 2-OH and C_16:0 and the predominant isoprenoid is Q-8. The DNA G+C content of KMD 002^T is 40.3 mol%. The 16S rRNA gene sequence of strain KMD 002^T share approximately 94.1-96.7% sequence similarity with members of Colwellia. Phylogenetic analysis using 16S rRNA gene sequence revealed that strain KMD 002^T belongs to the genus Colwellia. However, various phenotypic properties as well as low sequence similarity with known Colwellia species suggests that strain KMD 002^T be recognized as a novel species. The type strain is KMD 002^T (=KCCM 90077^T =JCM 15608^T) for which the name Colwellia asteriadis sp. nov. is proposed.