Haloflavibacter putidus gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from coastal seawater

A Gram-stain-negative, aerobic, gliding, rod-shaped (0.2-0.5×1.0-13.0 µm) and yellow-pigmented bacterium, designated PLHSN227^T, was isolated from seawater collected near the coast of Yantai, PR China. PLHSN227^T was found to grow at 15-37 °C (optimum, 28-30 °C) and pH 6.0-8.5 (optimum, 6.5-7.5) in the presence of 2-14 % (w/v) NaCl (optimum, 5.0 %). Phylogenetic analysis of the 16S rRNA gene sequences revealed that PLHSN227^T represented a member of the family Flavobacteriaceae and exhibited the highest sequence similarity (94.6 %) to the type strain Salegentibacter holothuriorum NBRC 100249^T. The chemotaxonomic analysis revealed that the sole respiratory quinone was menaquinone 6 (MK-6) and the major fatty acids included C_19 : 0ω8c cyclo, iso-C_15 : 0, anteiso-C_15 : 0, C_18 : 0 and summed feature 8 (C_18 : 1ω7c and/or C_18 : 1ω6c). The major polar lipids included phosphatidylethanolamine, one unidentified aminolipid and two unidentified lipids. The DNA G+C content of PLHSN227^T was 35.6 mol%. PLHSN227^T showed the highest average amino acid identity value of 67.2 %, the average nucleotide identity value of 75.6 and 14.5 % digital DNA-DNA hybridization identity with Mesonia algae DSM 15361^T. According to the phylogenetic data, PLHSN227^T formed a distinct clade in the phylogenetic tree. On the basis of phenotypic, chemotaxonomic and phylogenetic data, it is considered that PLHSN227^T represents a novel genus within the family Flavobacteriaceae, for which the name Haloflavibacter putidus gen. nov., sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is PLHSN227^T (=KCTC 72159^T=MCCC 1H00371^T).