In the published version of this article there were errors in the abstract, the first page footnote and the section entitled ‘Description of Kaustia mangrovi sp. nov.’ in the protologue.
In the published version of the abstract the explanation of the origin of the genus name Kaustia between parentheses in the last two lines was incorrect. The text between the parentheses should have read as follows:
‘( Kaustia , arbitrary name derived from the abbreviation KAUST for King Abdullah University of Science and Technology; mangrovi, of a mangrove).’
Additionally, the following sentence in the first page footnote included strain name and DNA sequence accession numbers that were incorrect and should have been omitted: ‘The GenBank accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of strain R1DC9T extracted from the genome DNA sequence is MT146883. The whole-genome shotgun sequence project was deposited at DDBJ/EMBL/GenBank under the following accession identification: CP028923.1.’
In the published version of this article the following errors were present in the ‘Description of Kaustia mangrovi sp. nov.’ in the protologue; a non-type strain, R1DC9 was erroneously annotated as a type strain in the protologue of the type species of the genus, the genome sequence CP028923.1 and the 16S rRNA gene sequence given in the species protologue were incorrect.
The descriptions of the genus Kaustia and the type species Kaustia mangrove should have read as follows:
‘Description of Kaustia gen. nov.
Kaustia (Kaus´ti.a. N.L. fem. n. Kaustia arbitrary name derived from the abbreviation KAUST [King Abdullah University of Science and Technology]).
The bacterial cells are Gram-stain-negative, aerobic/facultatively anaerobic, moderately halophilic, mesophilic, non-motile, non-sporulating, catalase negative, and oxidase and nitrate-reduction positive. The cellular fatty acids included significant amounts (>5 %) of C19 : 0cyclo ω8c, a combination of C18 : 1 ω7c and/or C18 : 1 ω6c, and C16 : 0. Ubiquinone Q-10 (100 %) is the major respiratory quinone. The polar lipid composition is dominated by phosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylcholine, diphosphatidylglycerol, as well as several distinct aminolipids and lipids.
The type species is Kaustia mangrovi .
Description of Kaustia mangrovi sp. nov.
Kaustia mangrovi (man.gro´vi. N.L. gen. n. mangrovi of a mangrove).
Colonies are circular and creamy in colour, and measure 0.8 mm in diameter. Growth occurs at 2–14% NaCl (optimum, 3–5 %), 15–40 °C (optimum, 30–40 °C), and a pH of 6.5–10 (optimum, 8.5). The strain can grow in the presence of several osmolytes and ions at different concentrations. Cells are positive for the production of indole from tryptophan and ammonia, but are negative for amylase, protease, lipase, and cellulase activity. The following substrates are used: l-arabinose, d-arabinose, d-glucosamine, d-saccharic acid, dihydroxy acetone, l-alaninamide, l-alanine, l-asparagine, l-glutamic acid, l-glutamine, l-ornithine, l-proline, mucic acid, oxalomalic acid, pyruvic acid and 5-keto-d-gluconic acid.
The type strain is R1DC25T (=KCTC 72348T=JCM 33619T=NCCB 100699T) isolated from the mangrove sediments on the coast of the Red Sea in KAUST (Thuwal, Saudi Arabia). The genome of the strain has a size of 4.63 Mb and a DNA G+C content of 67.3 mol%. The GenBank accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of strain R1DC25T extracted from the genome DNA sequence is MT146881. The whole-genome shotgun sequence project was deposited at DDBJ/EMBL/GenBank under the following accession identification: CP058214.’
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