Marinobacter koreensis sp. nov., isolated from sea sand in Korea

Abstract

A marine, Gram-negative, aerobic, motile, straight-rod-shaped, moderately halophilic bacterium, designated strain DD-M3^T, was isolated from sea sand in Pohang, Korea. A phylogenetic tree based on 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that the strain fell within the evolutionary radiation encompassed by the genus Marinobacter. The levels of 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity between the novel strain and the type strains of recognized Marinobacter species ranged from 94.2 to 97.6 %, the highest values being with Marinobacter flavimaris SW-145^T (97.6 %) and Marinobacter lipolyticus SM19^T (96.8 %). The values for DNA–DNA relatedness between isolate DD-M3^T and the type strains of the most closely related species, M. flavimaris and M. lipolyticus, were 41 and 36 %, respectively. Strain DD-M3^T was characterized as having Q-9 as the predominant respiratory quinone and 16 : 0, summed feature 3 and 18 : 1ω9c as the main fatty acids. The DNA G+C content was 54.1 mol%. On the basis of its phenotypic and genotypic characteristics, DD-M3^T represents a novel species of the genus Marinobacter, for which the name Marinobacter koreensis sp. nov. is proposed, with DD-M3^T (=KACC 11513^T=DSM 17924^T) as the type strain.