TL;DR: The features of this organism are described, together with the complete genome sequence, and annotation, and this organism is described as the 16th member of the family Cytophagaceae whose genome has been sequenced.
Abstract: Leadbetterella byssophila Weon et al. 2005 is the type species of the genus Leadbetterella of the family Cytophagaceae in the phylum Bacteroidetes. Members of the phylum Bacteroidetes are widely distributed in nature, especially in aquatic environments. They are of special interest for their ability to degrade complex biopolymers. L. byssophila occupies a rather isolated position in the tree of life and is characterized by its ability to hydrolyze starch and gelatine, but not agar, cellulose or chitin. Here we describe the features of this organism, together with the complete genome sequence, and annotation. L. byssophila is already the 16th member of the family Cytophagaceae whose genome has been sequenced. The 4,059,653 bp long single replicon genome with its 3,613 protein-coding and 53 RNA genes is part of the Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea project.
TL;DR: Phylogenetic analysis of 16S rRNA gene sequences revealed that strain SM1504T constituted a distinct phylogenetic line within the family Cytophagaceae and was closely related to species of the genera Lacihabitans, Emticicia, Fluviimonas and Leadbetterella.
Abstract: A Gram-staining-negative, aerobic, non-motile and yellow-pigmented bacterium, designated strain SM1504T, was isolated from Arctic seawater. It hydrolysed aesculin and gelatin but did not reduce nitrate to nitrite. Phylogenetic analysis of 16S rRNA gene sequences revealed that strain SM1504T constituted a distinct phylogenetic line within the family
Cytophagaceae
and was closely related to species of the genera
Lacihabitans
,
Emticicia
,
Fluviimonas
and
Leadbetterella
, with respect to which low sequence similarities between 88.9 and 91.6 % were observed. The major fatty acids of strain SM1504T were summed feature 3 (comprising C16 : 1ω7c and/or iso-C15 : 0 2-OH) and iso-C15 : 0. The predominant polar lipids of strain SM1504T were phosphatidylethanolamine and one unidentified lipid. The only respiratory quinone detected in strain SM1504T was MK7. The DNA G+C content of strain SM1504T was 40.8 mol%. On the basis of the phylogenetic, chemotaxonomic and phenotypic characterization in this study, strain SM1504T is considered to represent a novel species in a new genus of the family
Cytophagaceae
, for which the name Arcticibacterium luteifluviistationis gen. nov., sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is SM1504T (=KCTC 42716T=CCTCC AB 2015348T).