Production of a Blue Pigment (Glaukothalin) by Marine Rheinheimera spp.

Table 1

Growth inhibition and influence on pigment production of HP1 and HP9 by other strains during cocultivation on agar plates (see Figure 3(a)).

Phylum or group	Strain	Identification by GenBank alignment	%Homology to GeneBank sequence	Family	HP1/HP9
					Inhibition	Pigmentation (visible on agar plates)
𝛼-proteobacteria	(1) HP12	AF359535, Roseobacter strain ATAM407	98	Rhodobacteraceae		Violet
	(2) HP13	AF359546, marine bacterium SCRIPPS 739	96	Rhodobacteraceae
	(3) HP29w	AF098495, Roseobacter strain ISM (uncultured)	94	Rhodobacteraceae	++
	(4) HP33	AF345550, Rhizobium sp. Strain SDW052	99	Rhizobraceae
		AF388033, A tumef.aciens	99
	(5) T5	AJ296158, Ruegeria strain PP-154	99	Rhodobacteraceae
𝛾-Proteobacteria	(6) HP3	AF062642, Alcanivorax bork umensis	98	Halomonadaceae	+	Blue
	(7) HP6	AJ000647, Marinobacter strain PCOB-2	99	Alteromonadacae	+
CFB^(a)	(8) HP2	AF235114, Cytophaga strain KTO2ds22	98	Flexibacteraceae		Dark-violet
	(9) HP11	M58792, Microscilla furvescens	90	Flexibacteraceae		Violet
	(10) HP14	AF235114, Cytophaga strain KTO2ds22	98	Flexibacteraceae		Brown
	(11) HP25	AF277514, Cellulophaga strain SIC834 (uncultured)	98	Flavobacteriaceae	+	Brown
	(12) HP35	AF235114, Cytophaga strain KTO2ds22	98	Flexibacteraceae		Blue
	(13) HP44	AF235114, Cytophaga strain KTO2ds22	98	Flexibacteraceae		Brown
Actinomycetes	(14) HP5	AF321022, Frigobacterium strain GOB	98	Microbacteriaceae	+	Blue
	(15) HP7	AF197036, Arthrobacter strain SMCC G980	97	Micrococcaceae	+	Violet
Bacillus-Clostridium	(16) HP8	AY038905, marine bacterium SE165	97	Bacillaceae		Brown
	(17) HP9w	AF156315, marine bacillus strain NRRLB-14904	98	Bacillaceae	++	Brown
	(18) HP10	AF275714, Haeler soda lake bacterium Z6	99	Bacillaceae		Brown

^(a) CFB, Cytophaga-Flavobacterium-Bacteroides, ++ (inhibition zone >5 mm), + (inhibition zone ≤5 mm).