Marinobacter caseinilyticus sp. nov., Isolated from Saline Soil.

A Gram-stain-negative, motile, aerobic, rod-shaped bacterium with flagella, designated M3-13, was isolated from a saline soil in Zhoushan, China. According to phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences, strain M3-13 was assigned to the genus Marinobacter with highest 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity of 97.7% to Marinobacter maroccanus LMG 30466, followed by Marinobacter sediminum R65 (97.5%) and M. salsuginis SD-14B (97.2%). Digital DNA-DNA hybridization (DDH) and average nucleotide identity (ANI) were determined to evaluate the genomic relationship between strain M3-13 and M. maroccanus LMG 30466. Digital DDH estimation (19.8%) as well as ANI (72.98%) proved the dissimilarity of strain M3-13. Optimal growth of the strain M3-13 was at 28-30 °C and at pH 8.0-8.5, in the presence of 3-6% (w/v) NaCl. The major fatty acids detected in strain M3-13 were C ω7c/C ω6c, C, Cω7c/C ω6c and C3-OH, and the predominant respiratory quinone was ubiquinone-9. The major polar lipids included diphosphatidyglycerol, phosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylethanolamine, one unidentified aminophosphoglycolipid and one unidentified phosphoglycolipid. The DNA G+C content was 56.6%. A phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that strain M3-13 belongs to the genus Marinobacter. Based on the polyphasic taxonomic characterization, strain M3-13 is considered to represent a novel species of the genus Marinobacter, for which the name Marinobacter caseinlyticus sp. nov. is proposed (type strain M3-13 = MCCC 1K04560 = KCTC 72043).