Filimonas aurantiibacter sp. nov., an orange-pigmented bacterium isolated from lake water and emended description of the genus Filimonas.

A Gram-stain-negative bacterium was isolated from Lake Michigan water. 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis revealed that strain 1458T had a sequence similarity to Filimonas lacunae YT21T, Sediminibacterium goheungense HME7863T, Parasegetibacter terrae SGM2-10T, Sediminibacterium ginsengisoli DCY13T, Terrimonas ferruginea DSM 30193T, Lacibacter cauensis NJ-8T, Flavihumibacter solisilvae 3-3T, Parasegetibacter luojieneis RHYL-37T, Vibrionimonas magnilacihabitans MU-2T and Parafilimonas terrae 5GHs7-2T with values of 93.4, 92.3, 91.9, 91.9, 91.8, 91.6, 91.6, 91.6, 91.5 and 90.4 %, respectively. The primary cellular fatty acids were iso-C15 : 0, iso-C17 : 0 3-OH, iso-C15 : 1G and summed feature 3 (iso-C15 : 0 2-OH/C16 : 1ω7c). The primary polar lipids were phosphatidylethanolamine and an unidentified polar lipid only detectable after total polar lipid staining. The quinone system was menaquinone MK-7, and in the polyamine pattern, sym-homospermidine was predominant. Additional phenotypic characteristics included growth at 15 to 40 °C and pH 5.0 to 8.0, a salt tolerance range of 0 to 2.0 % (w/v), production of orange cell-bound pigment flexirubin, and gliding motility. After phenotypic, chemotaxonomic and molecular analyses, strain 1458T was identified as a novel species of the genus Filimonas, for which the name Filimonas aurantiibacter sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is 1458T (=NRRL B-65305T=LMG 29039T). An emended description of the genus Filimonas is also provided.

Sphingobacterium psychroaquaticum sp. nov., a psychrophilic bacterium isolated from Lake Michigan water.

A psychrophilic, Gram-negative bacterium, designated MOL-1(T), was isolated from water of Lake Michigan. 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis revealed that the sequence of strain MOL-1(T) has sequence similarity of 95.6, 94.8, 94.3, 94.3, 94.2 and 93.9 %, respectively, to the 16S rRNA gene sequences of Sphingobacterium shayense HS39(T), S. lactis WCC 4512(T), S. composti T5-12(T), S. daejeonense TR6-04(T), S. bambusae IBFC2009(T) and S. alimentarium WCC 4521(T). The major cellular fatty acids were iso-C15 : 0, iso-C17 : 0 3-OH and summed feature 3 (iso-C15 : 0 2-OH and/or C16 : 1ω7c). Menaquinone MK-7 is the predominant respiratory quinone, while sym-homospermidine is the predominant polyamine. The polar lipid profile is composed of the predominant lipids phosphatidylethanolamine and unidentified polar lipid L2, with moderate amounts of unidentified polar lipids L1, L5 and L6 and unidentified aminophospholipids APL1 and APL2 and minor to trace amounts of unidentified polar lipids L3, L4, L7, L8, L9 and L10, unidentified phospholipid PL4 and unidentified aminophospholipid APL3. After molecular and phenotypic studies, including chemotaxonomic analyses, it was concluded that strain MOL-1(T) represents a novel Sphingobacterium species, for which the name Sphingobacterium psychroaquaticum sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is MOL-1(T) ( = NRRL B-59232(T)  = DSM 22418(T)).