gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from solar saltern sediment.

A novel non-pigmented, Gram-stain-negative, motile by means of a polar flagellum, aerobic and rod-shaped bacterium, designated HMF8227, was isolated from solar saltern sediment sampled at Shinan, Republic of Korea. The isolate was able to grow at 15-42 °C (optimum, 37 °C), at pH 6-8 (pH 7) and with 0.5-12 % NaCl (2-5 %). Strain HMF8227 was positive for hydrolysis of starch and dextrin. 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis revealed that strain HMF8227 was affiliated with the family , sharing the highest sequence similarities to the genera (93.0-94.4 %), (92.0-94.2 %) (92.0-93.6 %) and (93.6 %). In the phylogenetic trees, strain HMF8227 formed an independent clade with X13M-12. The major fatty acids were C, summed feature 3 (C 7 and/or C 6) and summed feature 8 (C 7 and/or C 6). The major respiratory quinone was ubiquinone-8 (Q-8). The major polar lipids are phosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylethanolamine, one unidentified aminolipid and two unidentified glycolipids. The DNA G+C content of the genomic DNA was 52.1 mol%. On the basis of the polyphasic characterizations, strain HMF8227 represents a novel species and genus within the family , for which the name gen. nov., sp. nov. is proposed, with the type strain being HMF8227 (=KCTC 62462 =NBRC 113230).