Description of sp. nov., isolated from marine sediment, and emended descriptions of and .

An aerobic, Gram-stain-negative, non-motile, rod-shaped bacterium, designated strain CC-VAM-7, was isolated from a marine sediment sample collected at Kending, Taiwan. The isolate grew optimally at pH 7.0 and 30 °C and in the presence of 4 % (w/v) NaCl. The most closely related strains in terms of 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity were the type strains of (95.2 %) and (95.0 %). Phylogenetic analyses based on 16S rRNA gene sequences revealed that strain CC-VAM-7 clustered with members of the genus . Strain CC-VAM-7 possessed Cω5, Cω5, iso-C, iso-C, iso-C, iso-C, iso-C 3-OH and summed feature 9 (10-methyl C and/or iso-Cω9) as predominant fatty acids. The polar lipid profile contained major amounts of diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylglycerol and phosphatidylethanolamine and moderate amounts of an unidentified phospholipid. The genomic DNA G+C content was 73.4 mol%. Ubiquinone 8 (Q-8) was the predominant respiratory quinone. According to its distinct phylogenetic, phenotypic and chemotaxonomic features, which were in line with those of other members of the genus , strain CC-VAM-7 is proposed to represent a novel species within the genus , for which the name sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is CC-VAM-7 ( = BCRC 80558 = JCM 18792). In addition, we propose emended descriptions of Chou 2008, Young 2007, Finkmann 2000, Christensen and Cook 1978 and Ten 2009.