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New microbes we have cultivated

[Does not include draft genome announcements of unpublished new species.]

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Rheinheimera salexigens

  • Hayashi K, Busse H-J, Golke J, Anderson J, Wan X, Hou S, Chain PSG, Prescott RD, Donachie SP (2018) Rheinheimera salexigens, sp. nov., from a fishing hook off O‘ahu, Hawai‘i, and emended description of the genus Rheinheimera. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 68:35-41

[First known Rheinheimera to require salt.]

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Chromosphaera perkinsii 

  • Grau-Bové X, Torruella G, Donachie SP, Suga H, Leonard G, Richards TA, Ruiz-Trillo I (2017) Dynamics of genomic innovation in the unicellular ancestry of animals. eLife 2017;6:e26036 doi: 10.7554/eLife.26036

[Includes Chromosphaera perkinsii gen. nov., sp. nov., a new ichthyosporean genus and species from Hawai‘i.]
 

Terasakiispira papahanaumokuakeensis

  • Zepeda VK, Busse H-J, Golke J, Saw J, Alam M, Donachie SP (2015) Terasakiispira papahanaumokuakeensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a Gammaproteobacteria from Pearl and Hermes Atoll, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 65:3609-3617

[Cultivated from a small pond on a small island in October 2000. No relatives reported since.]

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Gloeobacter kilaueensis

  • Saw JHW, Schatz M, Brown MV, Kunkel DD, Foster JS, Shick H, Christensen S, Hou S, Wan X, Donachie SP (2013) Cultivation and complete genome sequencing of Gloeobacter kilaueensis sp. nov., from a lava cave in Kīlauea Caldera, Hawai'i. PLOS ONE 8(10): e76376

[Cyanobacterium from a lava cave. Second member of the genus in forty years. Lacks thylakoid membranes.]

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Flavobacterium akiainvivens

  • Kuo I, Saw J, Kapan DD, Christensen S, Kaneshiro KY, Donachie SP (2013) Flavobacterium akiainvivens sp. nov., from decaying Wikstroemia oahuensis, Hawai‘i, and emended description of the genus Flavobacterium. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 63:3280-3286

[Isolated by an ‘Iolani School student. Potential Hawai‘i State Microbe.]

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Sympodiomycopsis lanaiensis

  • Mahdi L, Statzell-Tallman A, Fell JW, Brown MV, Donachie SP (2008) Sympodiomycopsis lanaiensis sp. nov., a basidiomycetous yeast (Ustilaginomycotina: Microstromatales) from marine driftwood in Hawai‘i. FEMS Yeast Research 8:1357-1363

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Nesiotobacter exalbescens

  • Donachie SP, Bowman JP, Alam M (2006) Nesiotobacter exalbescens gen. nov., sp. nov., a moderately thermophilic Alphaproteobacterium from an Hawaiian hypersaline lake. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 56:563-567

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Arcobacter halophilus

  • Donachie SP, Bowman JP, On SL, Alam M (2005) Arcobacter halophilus sp. nov., the first obligate halophile in the genus Arcobacter. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 55:1271-1277

[First known Arcobacter to require salt.]

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Psychroflexus tropicus

  • Donachie SP, Bowman JP, Alam M (2004) Psychroflexus tropicus, sp. nov., a new, obligately halophilic CFB group bacterium isolated from an Hawaiian hypersaline lake. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 54:935-940

[At the time of publication, the first Psychroflexus species not found in Antarctic sea-ice.]
 

Idiomarina loihiensis

  • Donachie SP, Hou S, Gregory TS, Malahoff A, Alam M (2003) Idiomarina loihiensis, sp. nov., a new halophilic g-Proteobacterium isolated from the Lō‘ihi submarine volcano, Hawai‘i. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 53:1873-1879

[First new Bacteria species described from Lō‘ihi.]

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New species we have contributed to:

  • Beurmann S, Ushijima B, Svoboda CM, Videau P, Smith AM, Donachie SP, Aeby GS, Callahan SM (2017) Pseudoalteromonas piratica sp. nov., a budding, prosthecate bacterium from diseased Montipora capitata, Kāne‘ohe Bay, Hawai‘i, and emended description of the genus Pseudoalteromonas. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 67:2683-2688

  • Ching TH, Wang R, Masutani S, Donachie SP, Hihara L, Li Q, Yoza B (2016) Biodegradation of biodiesel and microbiologically induced corrosion of '1018' steel by Moniliella wahieum Y12. International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation 108:122-126

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