Litoreibacter ponti sp. nov., isolated from seawater

Abstract

A Gram-stain-negative, aerobic, non-motile and coccoid, ovoid or rod-shaped bacterial strain, designated GJSW-31T, was isolated from seawater from the South Sea, South Korea. The novel strain grew optimally at 30 °C, at pH 7.0–8.0 and in the presence of 2.0 % (w/v) NaCl. Phylogenetic trees, based on 16S rRNA gene sequences, revealed that strain GJSW-31T clustered with the type strains of species of the genus Litoreibacter . Strain GJSW-31T exhibited 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity values of 95.2–98.5 % to the type strains of species of the genus Litoreibacter and sequence similarities of less than 96.18 % to type strains of the other species with validly published names. Strain GJSW-31T contained Q-10 as the predominant ubiquinone and C18 : 1ω7c as the major fatty acid. The major polar lipids of strain GJSW-31T were phosphatidylcholine, phosphatidylglycerol, one unidentified lipid and one unidentified aminolipid. The DNA G+C content of strain GJSW-31T was 62.5 mol% and its DNA–DNA relatedness values with the type strains of Litoreibacter albidus , Litoreibacter janthinus , Litoreibacter meonggei and Litoreibacter ascidiaceicola were 13–23 %. The differential phenotypic properties, together with the phylogenetic and genetic distinctiveness, revealed that strain GJSW-31T is separate from other species of the genus Litoreibacter . On the basis of the data presented, strain GJSW-31T is considered to represent a novel species of the genus Litoreibacter , for which the name Litoreibacter ponti sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is GJSW-31T ( = KCTC 42114T = NBRC 110379T).