Fretibacter rubidus gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from seawater.

A brick-red-coloured, curved-rod-shaped, prostheca-bearing and non-motile bacterial strain, designated JC2236(T), was isolated from a seawater sample of Jeju Island, Republic of Korea. 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis indicated that this strain belongs to the family Hyphomonadaceae and represents a distinct phyletic line that reflects a novel genus status within a clade containing the genera Litorimonas, Hellea, Robiginitomaculum and Algimonas. The predominant isoprenoid quinone (Q10) and polar lipid profile (phosphatidylglycerol, glucuronopyranosyl diglyceride and monoglycosyl diglyderide) were in line with those of most members of the family.

Cultured bacterial diversity and human impact on alpine glacier cryoconite.

The anthropogenic effect on the microbial communities in alpine glacier cryoconites was investigated by cultivation and physiological characterization of bacteria from six cryoconite samples taken at sites with different amounts of human impact. Two hundred and forty seven bacterial isolates were included in Actinobacteria (9%, particularly Arthrobacter), Bacteroidetes (14%, particularly Olleya), Firmicutes (0.8%), Alphaproteobacteria (2%), Betaproteobacteria (16%, particularly Janthinobacterium), and Gammaproteobacteria (59%, particularly Pseudomonas).

Analysis of the cultivable bacterial community in jeotgal, a Korean salted and fermented seafood, and identification of its dominant bacteria.

Jeotgal or jeot, a traditional Korean salted and fermented food, is made by adding 20-30% (w/w) salt to various types of seafood. To develop a more complete overview of the bacterial community present in jeotgal, 610 pure colonies were isolated from Myeolchi-jeot and Saeu-jeot, the most commonly consumed varieties of jeotgal, which are made with anchovy (Engraulis japonicas) and tiny shrimp (Acetes japonicas), respectively. The bacterial isolates were identified by 16S rDNA sequence analysis.

Diversity of cold-active protease-producing bacteria from arctic terrestrial and marine environments revealed by enrichment culture.

A new approach for enrichment culture was applied to obtain cold-active protease-producing bacteria for marine and terrestrial samples from Svalbard, Norway. The method was developed for the enrichment of bacteria by long-term incubation at low temperatures in semi-solid agar medium containing meat pieces as the main source of carbon and energy. ZoBell and 0.

Maribacter arcticus sp. nov., isolated from Arctic marine sediment.

A Gram-negative, non-motile, aerobic bacterium, designated strain KOPRI 20941(T), was isolated from a sample of marine sediment from Ny Alesund, Spitsbergen, Norway. A phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences revealed that the Arctic isolate nested within the genus Maribacter and showed the highest sequence similarity (98.1 %) with respect to Maribacter orientalis KMM 3947(T).

Dasania marina gen. nov., sp. nov., of the order Pseudomonadales, isolated from Arctic marine sediment.

An obligately aerobic bacterium, strain KOPRI 20902T, was isolated from a marine sediment in Ny-Arlesund, Spitsbergen Islands, Norway. Cells were irregular rods and motile with polar monotrichous flagellum. The optimum growth temperature was 17-22 degrees .