sp. nov., isolated from mangrove sediment.

A Gram-stain-negative, cream-coloured, aerobic, motile and ovoid- to rod-shaped bacterium, designated as FT325, was isolated from mangrove sediment collected in Shenzhen, PR China. The taxonomic position of strain FT325 was established by phylogenetic, physiological, biochemical and chemotaxonomic analyses. Strain FT325 grew optimally at 37-40 °C and pH 6.0 in the presence of 0 % (w/v) NaCl. Results of 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis showed that strain FT325 was most similarly related to CAU 1123 (96.2 %), DSM 18714 (93.9%) and HB 172011 (93.7 %). The major fatty acids (>10 %) were C 7 (60.0 %) and 11-methyl C 7 (16.7 %). The sole respiratory quinone was Q-10. The polar lipids were phosphatidylglycerol, one unidentified glycolipid, three unidentified aminolipids and three unidentified phospholipids. Its estimated genome size was 4 318 768 bp and the genomic DNA G+C content was 69.6 mol%. Based on its distinct phenotypic, chemotaxonomic and phylogenetic characteristics, strain FT325 represents a novel species of the genus , for which the name sp. nov. is proposed (=MCCC 1K07397=KCTC 92313).