Article
Shewanella marinintestina sp. nov., Shewanella schlegeliana sp. nov. and Shewanella sairae sp. nov., novel eicosapentaenoic-acid-producing marine bacteria isolated from sea-animal intestines.
International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology - 1 Mar 2003
Satomi Masataka, Oikawa Hiroshi, Yano Yutaka
Abstract excerpt
Three novel Shewanella species are described on the basis of phenotypic, chemotaxonomic and phylogenetic studies. A total of six novel halophilic, aerobic organisms with the ability to produce eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) were isolated from various sea animals in Japan. Cells of all six isolates were Gram-negative, rod-shaped and motile by means of polar flagella. They were able to produce large amounts of EPA...
Topics
- Animals
- Base Composition
- DNA, Bacterial
- Eicosapentaenoic Acid
- Fatty Acids
- Intestines
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Nucleic Acid Hybridization
- Phenotype
- Phylogeny
- RNA, Ribosomal, 16S
- Seawater
- Shewanella