Cellulophaga pacifica sp. nov

1 Pacific Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry of the Far-Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Pr. 100 Let Vladivostoku 159, 690022, Vladivostok, Russia 2 Tokyo Research Laboratories, Kyowa Hakko Kogyo Company Ltd, 3-6-6 Asahi-machi, Machida-shi, Tokyo 194-8533, Japan 3 Institute of Microbiology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Pr. 60 let October 7/2, Moscow, 117811, Russia 4 BCCM/LMG Bacteria Collection, Laboratory of Microbiology, Faculty of Sciences, Ghent University, Ledeganckstraat 35, B 9000 Ghent, Belgium 5 Institute of Marine Biology of the Far-Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Pal'chevskogo St 17, 690032, Vladivostok, Russia Correspondence Olga I. Nedashkovskaya olganedashkovska{at}piboc.dvo.ru Three marine, heterotrophic, aerobic, agarolytic, pigmented and gliding bacteria were isolated in June 2000 from a sea water sample that was collected in the Gulf of Peter the Great, Sea of Japan, and analysed in a polyphasic taxonomic study. 16S rDNA sequence analysis indicated that strains KMM 3664 T , KMM 3669 and KMM 3915 were members of the family Flavobacteriaceae . Based on phenotypic, chemotaxonomic, genotypic and phylogenetic data, the isolates were classified in the genus Cellulophaga as members of a novel species, Cellulophaga pacifica sp. nov. The type strain is KMM 3664 T (=JCM 11735 T =LMG 21938 T ). Abbreviations: ACAM, Australian Collection of Antarctic Microorganisms, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia; ATCC, American Type Culture Collection, Manassas, VA, USA; JCM, Japan Collection of Microorganisms, Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (RIKEN), Wako, Japan; KMM, Collection of Marine Microorganisms of the Pacific Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry of the Far-Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok, Russia; LMG, BCCM/LMG Bacteria Collection, Laboratorium Microbiologie, Universiteit Gent, Belgium; NN, Enzyme Research, Novo Nordisk A/S, Bagsvaerd, Denmark Published online ahead of print on 31 October 2003 as DOI 10.1099/ijs.0.02737-0. The GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession numbers for the 16S rDNA sequences of Cellulophaga pacifica KMM 3664 T , KMM 3669 and KMM 3915 are AB100840 , AB100841 and AB100842 , respectively.