Marinobacter oulmenensis sp. nov., a moderately halophilic bacterium isolated from brine of a salt concentrator

Abstract

A Gram-negative, aerobic, moderately halophilic bacterium, designated Set74T, was isolated from brine of a salt concentrator at Ain Oulmene, Algeria. The strain grew optimally at 37–40 °C, at pH 6.5–7.0 and with 5–7.5 % (w/v) NaCl and used various organic compounds as sole carbon, nitrogen and energy sources. Ubiquinone 9 (Q-9) was the major lipoquinone. The main cellular fatty acids were C16 : 0, C18 : 1ω9c, summed feature 7 (ECL 18.846; C19 : 0 cyclo ω10c and/or C19 : 1ω6c), C12 : 0 3-OH, C16 : 1ω9c, C18 : 0 and C12 : 0. The major polar lipids were phosphatidylglycerol, diphosphatidylglycerol and phosphatidylethanolamine. The G+C content of the genomic DNA was 57.4 mol%. The 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis indicated that strain Set74T was a member of the genus Marinobacter. The closest relatives of strain Set74T were Marinobacter santoriniensis NKSG1T (97.5 % 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity) and Marinobacter koreensis DD-M3T (97.4 %). DNA–DNA relatedness between strain Set74T and M. santoriniensis DSM 21262T and M. koreensis DSM 17924T was 45 and 37 %, respectively. On the basis of the phenotypic, chemotaxonomic and phylogenetic features, a novel species, Marinobacter oulmenensis sp. nov., is proposed. The type strain is Set74T ( = CECT 7499T  = DSM 22359T).