Rhodoferax bucti sp. nov., isolated from fresh water

A Gram-reaction-negative, peach-brown-pigmented, slightly curved-rod-shaped, aerobic, non-motile bacterium, designated GSA243-2^T, was isolated from fresh water samples collected from the Chishui River flowing through Maotai, Guizhou, south-west PR China. Phenotypic, chemotaxonomic and genomic traits were investigated. Results of phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that the isolate belonged to the genus Rhodoferax. The closest phylogenetic relative was Rhodoferax saidenbachensis ATCC BAA-1852^T (98.35 %). The major fatty acids were C_{16: 0} and C_16 : 1ω6c and/or C_16 : 1ω7c. The major respiratory quinone was ubiquinone Q-8 and the major polar lipid was phosphatidylethanolamine. Genome sequencing revealed a genome size of 3.67 Mbp and a G+C content of 61.17 mol%. Pairwise-determined whole genome average nucleotide identity values and digital DNA-DNA hybridization values suggested that strain GSA243-2^T represents a new species, for which we propose the name Rhodoferaxbucti sp. nov. with the type strain GSA243-2^T (=CGMCC 1.16288^T=KCTC 62564^T).