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===Description=== | ===Description=== | ||
Winogradskyella poriferorum (designated strain UST030701-295T) are gram negative, rod-shaped cells. They show rapid gliding motility. Colonies are yellow, circular, 2-4 mm in diameter, and have a smooth surface after cultivation on marine agar. Cells are strictly aerobic. Cells grow at temperatures between 12 and 44 ͦ C and at a pH between 6.0 and 10.0. For growth the cells require 1.0-4.0% NaCl and the G+C content of the DNA is 32.8mol%. | Winogradskyella poriferorum (designated strain UST030701-295T) are gram negative, rod-shaped cells. They show rapid gliding motility. Colonies are yellow, circular, 2-4 mm in diameter, and have a smooth surface after cultivation on marine agar. Cells are strictly aerobic. Cells grow at temperatures between 12 and 44 ͦ C and at a pH between 6.0 and 10.0. For growth the cells require 1.0-4.0% NaCl and the G+C content of the DNA is 32.8mol%. | ||
===Ecology=== | ===Ecology=== | ||
The strain UST030701-295T was isolated from the surface of the sponge Lissodendoryx isodictyalis in the Bahamas and lives in a marine environment. They are highly associated with sponges. | The strain UST030701-295T was isolated from the surface of the sponge Lissodendoryx isodictyalis in the Bahamas and lives in a marine environment. They are highly associated with sponges which is why they were named poriferorum after the phylum sponges are in, Porifera. | ||
===Metabolism=== | ===Metabolism=== | ||
The sole carbon source of Winogradskyella poriferorum is aesculin. The strain's main fatty acids are iso-C15 : 1, iso-C15 : 0, iso-C15 : 0 2-OH, iso-C15 : 0 3-OH, iso-C16 : 0 3-OH, C16 : 1ω7 and iso-C17 : 0 3-OH. | This strain is strictly aerobic. The sole carbon source of Winogradskyella poriferorum is aesculin. The strain's main fatty acids are iso-C15 : 1, iso-C15 : 0, iso-C15 : 0 2-OH, iso-C15 : 0 3-OH, iso-C16 : 0 3-OH, C16 : 1ω7 and iso-C17 : 0 3-OH. | ||
===Pathology=== | ===Pathology=== | ||
Revision as of 15:15, 12 March 2014
Classification
Higher order taxa
Bacteria; Bacteroidetes; Flavobacteria; Flavobacteriales; Flavobacteriaceae; Winogradskyella
Species
Winogradskyella poriferorum
Description
Winogradskyella poriferorum (designated strain UST030701-295T) are gram negative, rod-shaped cells. They show rapid gliding motility. Colonies are yellow, circular, 2-4 mm in diameter, and have a smooth surface after cultivation on marine agar. Cells are strictly aerobic. Cells grow at temperatures between 12 and 44 ͦ C and at a pH between 6.0 and 10.0. For growth the cells require 1.0-4.0% NaCl and the G+C content of the DNA is 32.8mol%.
Ecology
The strain UST030701-295T was isolated from the surface of the sponge Lissodendoryx isodictyalis in the Bahamas and lives in a marine environment. They are highly associated with sponges which is why they were named poriferorum after the phylum sponges are in, Porifera.
Metabolism
This strain is strictly aerobic. The sole carbon source of Winogradskyella poriferorum is aesculin. The strain's main fatty acids are iso-C15 : 1, iso-C15 : 0, iso-C15 : 0 2-OH, iso-C15 : 0 3-OH, iso-C16 : 0 3-OH, C16 : 1ω7 and iso-C17 : 0 3-OH.
Pathology
The strain UST030701-295T is sensitive to the antibiotics ampicillin (0·5 μg), benzylpenicillin (0·5 μg), chloramphenicol (1·0 μg), streptomycin (10 μg) and tetracycline (0·5 μg). It is resistant to the antibiotic kanamycin.
Current Research
The production of poly-ethers in Winogradskyella poriferorum and the natural abundance of these poly-ethers are being studied. Because the poly-ethers that are produced in Winogradskyella poriferorum have a potent bioactivity, it makes them good applicants as ingredients in antifouling applications.
References
http://ijs.sgmjournals.org/content/55/4/1589.full?sid=270e2bb7-1a8a-4746-a6d6-d8f095888758 Stanley C. K. Lau, Mandy M. Y. Tsoi, Xiancui Li, Ioulia Plakhotnikova, Sergey Dobretsov, Ken W. K. Lau, Madeline Wu, Po-Keung Wong, Joseph R. Pawlik and Pei-Yuan Qian. "Winogradskyella poriferorum sp. nov., a novel member of the family Flavobacteriaceae isolated from a sponge in the Bahamas". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 2005. Volume 55. p. 1589-1592.
Edited by (Nicole Nutter), student of Rachel Larsen at the University of Southern Maine
