Thalassospira aquimaris sp. nov. and Winogradskyella marincola sp. nov. two marine bacteria isolated from an agar-degrading co-culture.

Two novel Gram-stain-negative, aerobic, and non-motile strains, designated FZY0004 and YYF002, were isolated from an agar-degrading co-culture, which was obtained from seawater of the intertidal zone of Yancheng City, the Yellow Sea of China. Strain FZY0004 optimally grew at 28 °C, pH 7.0, and 2-6% NaCl, while strain YYF002 optimally grew at 28 °C, pH 7.5, and 2-4% NaCl. Strain FZY0004 possessed Q-9 as the major respiratory quinone, and its major fatty acids (> 10%) were summed feature 8 (C ω7c), C, and summed feature 3 (C ω7c/C ω6c). The polar lipids identified in strain FZY0004 were phosphatidylethanolamine (PE), phosphatidylglycerol (PG), and several unidentified phospholipids (PL) and lipids (L). On the other hand, strain YYF002 had MK-6 as the predominant respiratory quinone and its major fatty acids consisted of iso-C, iso-C G, and iso-C 3-OH. The polar lipids identified in strain YYF002 were aminolipid (AL), PE, and several unidentified lipids. Strain FZY0004 shared 99.5% 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity and 90.1% average nucleotide identity (ANI) with T. povalilytica Zumi 95, and strain YYF002 shared 99.2% 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity and 88.2% ANI with W. poriferorum JCM 12885. The genomic DNA G + C contents of strains FZY0004 and YYF002 were 54.5% and 33.5%, respectively. The phylogenetic, phenotypic, and physiological characteristics permitted the distinction of the two strains from their neighbors, and we thus propose the names Thalassospira aquimaris sp. nov. (type strain FZY0004 = JCM 35895 = MCCC 1K08380) and Winogradskyella marincola sp. nov. (type strain YYF002 = JCM 35950 = MCCC 1K08382).