FERRIMONAS-BALEARICA GEN-NOV, SPEC-NOV, A NEW MARINE FACULTATIVE FE(III)-REDUCING BACTERIUM

Authors
ROSSELLOMORA RA LUDWIG W KAMPFER P AMANN R SCHLEIFER KH
Citation
Ra. Rossellomora et al., FERRIMONAS-BALEARICA GEN-NOV, SPEC-NOV, A NEW MARINE FACULTATIVE FE(III)-REDUCING BACTERIUM, Systematic and applied microbiology, 18(2), 1995, pp. 196-202
Citations number
34
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology,"Biothechnology & Applied Migrobiology
Journal title
Systematic and applied microbiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
07232020
Volume
18
Issue
2
Year of publication
1995
Pages
196 - 202
Database
ISI
SICI code
0723-2020(1995)18:2<196:FGSANM>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
The isolation of a new Fe(III)-reducing organism from a Mediterranean marine sediment at the coast of Mallorca (Spain) is described. Compara tive 16S rRNA data analysis showed that the new isolate is a member of the gamma subclass of Proteobacteria and indicated a potential modera te phylogenetic affiliation to Shewanella species, Vibrio marinus and Alteromonas haloplanktis. Fe(III)-reduction was first described for me mbers of the latter group. The low level of relatedness of the isolate to its closest relatives justifies the proposal of a new genus and sp ecies, namely Ferrimonas balearica gen, nov. spec, nov..