Table 1 Characteristics that differentiate Sulfitobacter algicola 1151^T and the selected 17 type strains of Sulfitobacter

Growth at 10ºC

-^a

+^b

Growth at 37ºC

+^a

V(-)^b

Nitrate reduction

-^a

V(-)^b

Catalase

+^a

V(+)^b

Oxygen requirement

Aerobic^a

Aerobic or facultatively aerobic^b

Major fatty acids

Content of summed feature 8 (%)

44.1^a

50.0-89.6^b

Content of C_20:1ω7c (%)

29.7^a

< 0.5^b

Content of C_18:0 (%)

11.7^a

ND-2.0^b

Contain DPG as the major polar lipid

-^a

V(+)^b

sox gene cluster

-

+^c

G + C (mol%) calculated from the genomes

51.8

54.7–61.2