sp. nov. and subsp. subsp. nov.

In September 2018, Hurricane Florence resulted in major flooding in North Carolina, USA. Efforts to isolate and other spp. from Hurricane Florence floodwaters repeatedly yielded non-haemolytic -like isolates that could not be readily assigned to known taxa. Whole-genome sequence analyses against the 28 currently known species confirmed that the isolates constitute two new taxa within the genus . Taxon I, with one isolate, showed the highest similarity to with an average nucleotide identity blast of 85.3±4.4% and an DNA-DNA hybridization (DDH) of 32.4% (range: 30-35%), differing from the latter by its ability to reduce nitrate, ferment d-ribose and sucrose, and by its inability to produce catalase or ferment d-trehalose and d-lactose. Taxon II, represented by 11 isolates, showed the highest similarity to with an average nucleotide identity blast of 92.64±3.8% and an DDH of 49.9% (range: 47.3-52.5%), differing from the latter by its ability to ferment l-arabinose and its inability to ferment l-rhamnose, d-galactose, d-lactose and d-melibiose. The names sp. nov. and subsp. subsp. nov. are proposed for taxon I and II, respectively, with type strains CLIP 2022/01175 (F6L-1A=CIP 112444 = DSM 117029) and CLIP 2022/01000 (F66L-1A=CIP 112443 = DSM 117030), respectively. Both taxa lack known pathogenic islands, suggesting a lack of pathogenicity for humans.