Sandaracinobacteroides hominis gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from human skin.

Strain SZY PN-1, representing a novel Gram-negative, aerobic, non-motile, rod-shaped and yellow-pigmented bacterium, was isolated from a skin sample of a healthy Chinese male. Growth occurred at pH 6.0-8.

Cysteiniphilum marinum sp. nov., isolated from coastal seawater.

Six aerobic Gram-negative bacteria were isolated from seawater in Guangdong Province, P.R. China.

Pigmentibacter ruber gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel bacterium of the family Silvanigrellaceae isolated from human blood.

A Gram-negative, aerobic, non-motile, pleomorphic, red-pigmented bacterium, designated HNSRY-1, was isolated from the blood sample of a near drowning patient in Republic of China. Strain HNSRY-1 grew at 15-37 °C (optimum, 35 °C), with pH 6.0-8.

sp. nov., isolated from coastal seawater.

Four strains (SYSU SYW-1, SYW-2, SYW-3 and XLW-1) were isolated from seawater near the shore in Guangdong Province, China. Cells were Gram-stain-negative, aerobic, non-motile and non-spore-forming. Growth was observed at a temperature range of 16-40 °C (optimum, 32 °C), a pH range of 4-8 (optimum, pH 7) and in the presence of up to 10 % (w/v) NaCl.