sp. nov., isolated from meat.

During investigations of spoilage-associated meat microbiota, isolates were found in two different laboratories showing highest similarities to DSM 29167, DSM 29164 and DSM 18862 based on 16S rRNA gene sequence comparisons. Phylogenetic analysis of the complete gene sequences of isolates B4-1 and SpeckC indicated a separate branch with 99.0 and 99.1 % identity, respectively, to their closest relative ( DSM 29167). Further phenotypic and chemotaxonomic characterizations, as well as average nucleotide identity (ANIb) values obtained from the draft genomes, revealed that these isolates could be considered as representing a novel species, with ANIb values of around 94 and 90 % with their closest relatives and . Other related species showed ANIb values below 90 %, including DSM 17149, DSM 18928, DSM 17489, DSM 11331 and DSM 18862. Genome-to-genome distance calculations between B4-1 and its closest relative, DSM 29167, showed 62.6 % relatedness. The G+C contents of B4-1 and SpeckC were 59.8 and 59.9 mol%, respectively. The major cellular lipids were phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylglycerol and diphosphatidylglycerol; the major quinone was Q9. Based on these data, the new species sp. nov. is proposed, the type strain is B4-1 (=DSM 107652=LMG 30892); a second strain is SpeckC (=DSM 107651=LMG 30893).