Muricauda lutaonensis sp. nov., a moderate thermophile isolated from a coastal hot spring

1 College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Department of Soil & Environmental Sciences, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung 402, Taiwan, ROC 2 Laboratory of Microbiology, Department of Seafood Science, National Kaohsiung Marine University, Kaohsiung City 811, Taiwan, ROC Correspondence Chiu-Chung Young ccyoung{at}mail.nchu.edu.tw A yellow-pigmented, Gram-staining-negative, aerobic, non-motile, moderately thermophilic, rod-shaped bacterium, designated strain CC-HSB-11 T , was isolated from a coastal hot spring of Green Island (Lutao), located off Taituang, Taiwan. 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis demonstrated that it shared