gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the family isolated from coral .

A novel Gram-stain-negative, non-endospore-forming, non-motile, aerobic bacterium (strain R33) was isolated from coral and subjected to a polyphasic taxonomic study. The G+C content was 44.5 mol%. The only detected respiratory quinone was menaquinone 6 (MK-6). The major cellular fatty acids were iso-C and iso-C ω6. The major polar lipids were phosphatidylethanolamine and two unidentified lipids. Global alignment based on 16S rRNA gene sequences indicated that strain R33 shares the highest sequence identity of 93.2 % with A6B8 in the family . Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences indicated that strain R33 forms a distinct branch in a stable clade comprising strain R33 and members of the genera , , and . The phylogenomic analysis also supported this 16S rRNA gene-based phylogenetic result. Comparative genomic analysis indicated that strain R33 is rich in AraC-type DNA-binding domain-containing protein-coding genes, which means the regulation of carbon utilization is very complex. Low 16S rRNA gene identity, different polar lipids and/or cellular fatty acid profiles could readily distinguish strain R33 from any validly published type strains. Therefore, strain R33 is suggested to represent a new species in a new genus, for which the name gen. nov., sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is R33 (=MCCC 1K03853=KCTC 72443).