Name: Flavivirga aquimarina EC2D5
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Strain identifier

BacDive ID: 140956

Type strain:

Species: Flavivirga aquimarina

Strain Designation: EC2D5

Culture col. no.: KCTC 52353, JCM 31796

Strain history: <- Chi Nam Seong, Sunchon National Univ.

NCBI tax ID(s): 2027862 (species)

Section

Flavivirga aquimarina EC2D5 is an aerobe, Gram-negative, rod-shaped bacterium that forms circular colonies and was isolated from seaweed Ecklonia cava obtained from the South Sea, Republic of Korea.

colony-forming
Gram-negative
rod-shaped
aerobe
16S sequence
Bacteria

Information on the name and the taxonomic classification. Name and taxonomic classification

	Last LPSN update	14-12-2023 (DD-MM-YYYY)
	Domain	"Bacteria"
	Phylum	*Bacteroidota*
	Class	*Flavobacteriia*
	Order	*Flavobacteriales*
	Family	*Flavobacteriaceae*
	Genus	*Flavivirga*
	Species	**Flavivirga aquimarina**
	Full Scientific Name (LPSN)	Flavivirga aquimarina Lee et al. 2017

Information on morphological and physiological properties Morphology

[Ref.: #43856]	Gram stain	negative
[Ref.: #67771]	Gram stain	negative

[Ref.: #43856]	Cell length	3.0-7.0 µm

[Ref.: #43856]	Cell width	0.2-0.4 µm

[Ref.: #43856]	Cell shape	rod-shaped
[Ref.: #67771]	Cell shape	rod-shaped

[Ref.: #43856]	Motility	no
[Ref.: #67771]	Motility	no

[Ref.: #43856]	Colony size	1 mm
[Ref.: #43856]	Colony color	yellow
[Ref.: #43856]	Colony shape	circular
[Ref.: #43856]	Incubation period	3 days
[Ref.: #43856]	Cultivation medium used	Marine agar 2216

[Ref.: #43856]	Pigment production	yes
[Ref.: #43856]	Pigment name	Flexirubin-type pigment
[Ref.: #43856]	Pigment production	yes
[Ref.: #43856]	Pigment name	Carotenoid

Information on culture and growth conditions Culture and growth conditions

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Culture medium

Marine agar (MA)

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Culture medium growth

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Culture medium

ZoBell's medium

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Culture medium growth

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Culture medium composition

expand / minimize

		Temperature
[Ref.: #43856]	growth	10-35 °C
[Ref.: #43856]	optimum	25-30 °C
[Ref.: #67770]	growth	25 °C
[Ref.: #67771]	growth	25 °C

[Ref.: #43856]	Temperature range	mesophilic
[Ref.: #67770]	Temperature range	mesophilic
[Ref.: #67771]	Temperature range	mesophilic

	pH	Kind of pH		pH
[Ref.: #43856]			optimum	8
[Ref.: #43856]			growth	7.0-9.0

Information on physiology and metabolism Physiology and metabolism

[Ref.: #43856]	Oxygen tolerance	aerobe
[Ref.: #67771]	Oxygen tolerance	aerobe

[Ref.: #43856]	Ability of spore formation	no
[Ref.: #67771]	Ability of spore formation	no

	Halophily	Salt	Tested relation		Salt conc.
[Ref.: #43856]		Marine salts		growth	2-5	%(w/v)
[Ref.: #43856]		Marine salts		optimum	3	%(w/v)

[Ref.: #43856]	Observation	quinone MK-6
[Ref.: #67770]	Observation	quinones: MK-6
[Ref.: #67771]	Observation	quinones: MK-6

	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
[Ref.: #43856]	adipate ChEBI	-	assimilation
[Ref.: #43856]	agar ChEBI	-	hydrolysis
[Ref.: #43856]	alginate ChEBI	-	hydrolysis
[Ref.: #43856]	arabinose ChEBI	-	assimilation
[Ref.: #43856]	carboxymethylcellulose ChEBI	-	hydrolysis
[Ref.: #43856]	chitin ChEBI	-	hydrolysis
[Ref.: #43856]	citrate ChEBI	-	assimilation
[Ref.: #43856]	decanoate ChEBI	-	assimilation
[Ref.: #43856]	dna ChEBI	+	hydrolysis
[Ref.: #43856]	egg yolk	-	hydrolysis
[Ref.: #43856]	esculin ChEBI	+	hydrolysis
[Ref.: #43856]	gelatin ChEBI	-	hydrolysis
[Ref.: #43856]	gluconate ChEBI	-	assimilation
[Ref.: #43856]	glucose ChEBI	-	assimilation
[Ref.: #43856]	hypoxanthine ChEBI	-	hydrolysis
[Ref.: #43856]	L-tyrosine ChEBI	+	hydrolysis
[Ref.: #43856]	malate ChEBI	-	assimilation
[Ref.: #43856]	maltose ChEBI	-	assimilation
[Ref.: #43856]	mannitol ChEBI	-	assimilation
[Ref.: #43856]	mannose ChEBI	-	assimilation
[Ref.: #43856]	N-acetylglucosamine ChEBI	-	assimilation
[Ref.: #43856]	nitrate ChEBI	+	reduction
[Ref.: #43856]	phenylacetate ChEBI	-	assimilation
[Ref.: #43856]	starch ChEBI	-	hydrolysis
[Ref.: #43856]	tween 20 ChEBI	-	hydrolysis
[Ref.: #43856]	tween 80 ChEBI	-	hydrolysis
[Ref.: #43856]	urea ChEBI	-	hydrolysis
[Ref.: #43856]	xanthine ChEBI	-	hydrolysis
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	Metabolite	Antibiotic sensitivity	Concentration		Antibiotic resistance	Concentration
[Ref.: #43856]	amikacin ChEBI				yes	30	µg (disc)
[Ref.: #43856]	ampicillin ChEBI	yes	10	µg (disc)
[Ref.: #43856]	chloramphenicol ChEBI				yes	30	µg (disc)
[Ref.: #43856]	erythromycin ChEBI	yes	15	µg (disc)
[Ref.: #43856]	gentamicin ChEBI				yes	10	µg (disc)
[Ref.: #43856]	kanamycin ChEBI				yes	30	µg (disc)
[Ref.: #43856]	nalidixic acid ChEBI				yes	30	µg (disc)
[Ref.: #43856]	penicillin ChEBI				yes	10	Unit (disc)
[Ref.: #43856]	polymyxin b ChEBI				yes	300	Unit (disc)
[Ref.: #43856]	streptomycin ChEBI				yes	10	µg (disc)
[Ref.: #43856]	tetracycline ChEBI				yes	30	µg (disc)
[Ref.: #43856]	vancomycin ChEBI	yes	30	µg (disc)
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	Metabolite	Production
[Ref.: #43856]	acetoin ChEBI	yes
[Ref.: #43856]	hydrogen sulfide ChEBI	no
[Ref.: #43856]	indole ChEBI	no

	Enzyme	Enzyme activity	EC number
[Ref.: #43856]	acid phosphatase	+	3.1.3.2
[Ref.: #43856]	alkaline phosphatase	+	3.1.3.1
[Ref.: #43856]	arginine dihydrolase	-	3.5.3.6
[Ref.: #43856]	catalase	+	1.11.1.6
[Ref.: #43856]	cytochrome oxidase	+	1.9.3.1
[Ref.: #43856]	esterase (C 4)	+
[Ref.: #43856]	leucine arylamidase	+	3.4.11.1
[Ref.: #43856]	lysine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.18
[Ref.: #43856]	naphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase	+
[Ref.: #43856]	ornithine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.17
[Ref.: #43856]	tryptophan deaminase	-	4.1.99.1
[Ref.: #43856]	valine arylamidase	+
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Fatty acid profile

Metadata FA analysis

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Fatty acid	Percentage	ECL
C15:0 iso	32
C15:1 iso G	21.8
unknown 13.565	17.6	13565
unknown 11.543	9	11543
iso-C17:1ω9c / C16:0 10-methyl	1.8
C16:1ω7c / C16:1ω6c	1.5
C15:0	1.4
C15:1ω6c	1.1
C15:0 anteiso	1
C16:0	1
C13:1 AT 12-13	1
unknown 16.582	1	16582

Information on isolation source, the sampling and environmental conditions Isolation, sampling and environmental information

[Ref.: #43856]	Sample type/isolated from	seaweed Ecklonia cava obtained from the South Sea, Republic of Korea
[Ref.: #43856]	Geographic location (country and/or sea, region)	South Sea
[Ref.: #43856]	Country	Republic of Korea
[Ref.: #43856]	Country ISO 3 Code	KOR
[Ref.: #43856]	Continent	Asia
[Ref.: #43856]	Geographic location	34.0494°/127.3330°
[Ref.: #43856]	Enrichment culture	Marine agar 2216
[Ref.: #43856]	Enrichment culture duration	7 days
[Ref.: #43856]	Enrichment culture temperature	25 ̊C

[Ref.: #67770]	Sample type/isolated from	Seaweed Eckloniacava
[Ref.: #67770]	Host species	Eckloniacava

[Ref.: #67771]	Sample type/isolated from	From seaweed `Ecklonia cava`
[Ref.: #67771]	Geographic location (country and/or sea, region)	Geomun Island, the South Sea
[Ref.: #67771]	Country	Republic of Korea
[Ref.: #67771]	Country ISO 3 Code	KOR
[Ref.: #67771]	Continent	Asia
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Isolation sources categories

#Host

#Algae

#Brown Algae

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Global distribution of 16S sequence KX245374 (>99% sequence identity) for Flavivirga aquimarina subclade from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	141
Soil Samples	1
Animal Samples
Plant Samples	8
Total Samples	150

Information on genomic background e.g. entries in nucleic sequence databass Sequence information

16S Sequence information:

	Sequence accession description	Seq. accession number	Sequence length (bp)	Sequence database	Associated NCBI tax ID
[Ref.: #43856]	16S rRNA gene sequence	KX245374		GenBank

[Ref.: #43856]	GC-content	31 mol%	high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)
[Ref.: #67771]	GC-content	31.0 mol%

Availability in culture collections External links

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Culture collection no.

KCTC 52353, JCM 31796

Literature:

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Phylogeny	Palleronia sediminis sp. nov. and Flavivirga algicola sp. nov., two marine bacteria isolated from offshore areas near Weihai.	Sun XK, Zhang YN, Jia YY, Zhong YL, Chen GJ, Du ZJ	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijsem.0.004949	2021	*
Phylogeny	Flavivirga eckloniae sp. nov. and Flavivirga aquimarina sp. nov., isolated from seaweed Ecklonia cava.	Lee JH, Kang JW, Choe HN, Seong CN	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijsem.0.002094	2017	*

References

#20215

Parte, A.C., Sardà Carbasse, J., Meier-Kolthoff, J.P., Reimer, L.C. and Göker, M.: List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ. IJSEM ( DOI 10.1099/ijsem.0.004332 )

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Ji Hee Lee, Joo Won Kang, Han Na Choe, Chi Nam Seong: Flavivirga eckloniae sp. nov. and Flavivirga aquimarina sp. nov., isolated from seaweed Ecklonia cava. IJSEM 67: 3089 - 3094 2017 ( DOI 10.1099/ijsem.0.002094 , PubMed 28820110 )

#67770 Japan Collection of Microorganism (JCM) ; Curators of the JCM;
#67771 Korean Collection for Type Cultures (KCTC) ; Curators of the KCTC;

#69479

João F Matias Rodrigues, Janko Tackmann,Gregor Rot, Thomas SB Schmidt, Lukas Malfertheiner, Mihai Danaila,Marija Dmitrijeva, Daniela Gaio, Nicolas Näpflin and Christian von Mering. University of Zurich.: MicrobeAtlas 1.0 beta .

* These data were automatically processed and therefore are not curated

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