Leptobacterium flavescens Mitra et al. 2009
General information
Name
Leptobacterium flavescens
Valid publication
2009
Nomenclature type
KCTC 22160
;MBIC06275;NBRC 104141
;YM3-301
Etymology
L. part. adj. <i>flavescens</i>, becoming golden-yellow.
Ecology
Source
isolated from a marine sponge Clathria (Microciona) eurypa collected at Iwayama Bay on Koror Island, Republic of Palau.
Morphology
Cells are straight, non-gliding rods (approximately 0.5-0.6 × 8.5-9.0 µm). Cells are devoid of flagella and endospores are not formed. Colonies on MA are circular, at with entire edges and pale-yellow-pigmented.
Morphology standardized
cell shape | length | width |
---|---|---|
rod | 8.5-9.0 | 0.5-0.6 |
flagellum |
---|
- |
Physiology
Oxygen requirement
obligately aerobic
GC
GC_content |
---|
42 |
Gram
staining |
---|
negative |
Growth temperature
range |
---|
17.0-30.0 |
4.0-45.0 |
Growth PH
range |
---|
6.0-9.0 |
C/N source
positive results | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
gelatin | tryptophan | D-arabinose | maltose | aesculin | 5-ketogluconate |
negative results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
urea | L-arabitol | melibiose | xylitol | arbutine | sucrose | cellobiose | mannitol | starch | raffinose | salicine | L-fucose | 2-ketogluconate | melezitose | ribose | L-arabinose | galactose | D-fucose | dulcitol | glucose | D-tagatose | trehalose | D-arabitol | mannose | sorbose | β-methyl-D-xylopyranoside | glycogen | sorbitol | n-acetyl-glucosamine | D-xylose | gentiobiose | inositol | glycerol | erythritol | L-xylose | rhamnose | D-lyxose | turanose | inulin | adonitol | fructose | lactose | amygdalin |
Biochemistry
Fattyacids
Name | Account |
---|---|
iso-C15:0 3-OH | 6.6 |
iso-C16:0 3-OH | 6.8 |
iso-C17:0 3-OH | 11.7 |
ECL 13.562 | 10.8 |
iso-C15:0 | 22.7 |
iso-C15:1 | 14.5 |
Nitrate rdc
-
Quinones
MK-6
Enzymology
Enzyme | Activity |
---|---|
acetyl β-glucosaminidase | + |
acid phosphatase | + |
alkaline phosphatase | + |
catalase | + |
cystine arylamidase | - |
leucine arylamidase | + |
naphthol AS-BI-phosphohydrolase | - |
oxidase | + |
trypsin | + |
valine arylamidase | + |
α-chymotrypsin | + |
α-galactosidase | - |
α-glucosidase | - |
α-mannosidase | - |
β-galactosidase | - |
β-glucosidase | - |
β-glucuronidase | - |
Taxonomy marker
References
1
Mitra, S., Matsuo, Y., Haga, T., Yasumoto-Hirose, M., Yoon, J., Kasai, H., and Yokota, A. Leptobacterium flavescens gen. nov., sp. nov., a marine member of the family Flavobacteriaceae, isolated from marine sponge and seawater. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2009) 59:207-212.[DOI:10.1099/ijs.0.004358-0]
[PMID:19196755]