sp. nov. an aniline blue-decolourizing bacterium isolated from East Pacific sediment.

Aniline blue-decolourizing bacterial strain 502str22, isolated from sediment collected in the East Pacific, was subjected to characterization by a polyphasic taxonomic approach. Phylogenetic analyses based on 16S rRNA gene sequences revealed that strain 502str22 belongs to the genus , with closely related type strains '' F72 (97.6%), SM117 (97.1%) and Jyi-02 (97.0%). Digital DNA-DNA hybridization and average nucleotide identity values between strain 502str22 and closely related type strains were 20.3-24.8% and 74.1-81.9%, respectively. The major cellular fatty acid (>10%) was C 7. The polar lipid profile consisted of a mixture of phosphatidylcholine, one sphingoglycolipid, diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylethanolamine and phosphatidylmonomethylethanolamine. The DNA G+C content of strain 502str22 was 65.5 mol%. The polyphasic taxonomic results indicated that strain 502str22 represents a novel species of the genus , for which the name sp. nov is proposed. The type strain is 502str22 (=KCTC 82134= MCCC 1K04799 ).