@article {barbeyron_zobellia_2023,
	title = {\textit{Zobellia alginiliquefaciens sp. nov., a novel member of the flavobacteria isolated from the epibiota of the brown alga Ericaria zosteroides (C. Agardh) Molinari \& Guiry 2020},
	journal = {International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology},
	volume = {73},
	number = {6},
	year = {2023},
	note = {Publisher: Microbiology Society,},
	pages = {005924},
	abstract = {Strain LLG6346-3.1T, isolated from the thallus of the brown alga Ericaria zosteroides collected from the Mediterranean Sea near Bastia in Corsica, France, was characterised using a polyphasic method. Cells were Gram-stain-negative, strictly aerobic, non-flagellated, motile by gliding, rod-shaped and grew optimally at 30{\textendash}33 {\textdegree}C, at pH 8{\textendash}8.5 and with 4{\textendash}5 \% NaCl. LLG6346-3.1T used the seaweed polysaccharide alginic acid as a sole carbon source which was vigorously liquefied. The results of phylogenetic analyses indicated that the bacterium is affiliated to the genus Zobellia (family Flavobacteriaceae , class Flavobacteriia ). LLG6346-3.1T exhibited 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity values of 98.6 and 98.3 \% to the type strains of Zobellia russellii and Zobellia roscoffensis , respectively, and of 97.4{\textendash}98.5 \% to members of other species of the genus Zobellia . The DNA G+C content of LLG6346-3.1T was determined to be 38.3 mol\%. Digital DNA{\textendash}DNA hybridisation predictions by the average nucleotide identity (ANI) and genome to genome distance calculator (GGDC) methods between LLG6346-3.1T and other members of the genus Zobellia showed values of 76{\textendash}88 \% and below 37 \%, respectively. The results of phenotypic, phylogenetic and genomic analyses indicate that LLG6346-3.1T is distinct from species of the genus Zobellia with validly published names and that it represents a novel species of the genus Zobellia , for which the name Zobellia alginiliquefaciens sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is LLG6346-3.1T (= RCC7657T = LMG 32918T).},
	keywords = {RCC7657},
	issn = {1466-5034},
	doi = {10.1099/ijsem.0.005924},
	url = {https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijsem.0.005924},
	author = {Barbeyron, Tristan and Le Duff, Nolwen and Duchaud, Eric and Thomas, Fran{\c c}ois}
}
