<i>Mangrovimonas cancribranchiae</i> sp. nov., a novel bacterial species associated with the gills of the fiddler crab <i>Cranuca inversa</i> (Brachyura, Ocypodidae) from Red Sea mangroves.

ABSTRACT: Two bacteria, UG2_1^T and UG2_2, were isolated from the gill tissues of the mangrove fiddler crab Cranuca inversa collected on the east coast of the Red Sea (Thuwal, Saudi Arabia). The cells are Gram-negative, rod-shaped, orange-pigmented, motile by gliding with no flagella, strictly aerobic, and grow at 20-37 °C (optimum, 28-35 °C), at pH 5.0-9.0 (optimum, pH 6.0-7.0), and with 1-11 % (w/v) NaCl (optimum, 2-4 %). They were positive for oxidase and catalase activity. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences indicated that isolates UG2_1^T and UG2_2 belong to the genus Mangrovimonas, showing the highest similarity to Mangrovimonas spongiae HN-E26^T (99.4 %). Phylogenomic analysis based on the whole genomes, independently using

SUBMITTER: Yang X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11261673 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature