sp. nov., isolated from mangrove sediment.

A novel Gram-stain-negative, aerobic and rod-shaped bacterial strain, designated as HK4-1, was isolated from mangrove sediments in Hong Kong, PR China. Based on 16S rRNA gene sequence data, strain HK4-1 was found to belong to the genus , family , and showed high similarity to BUT-14 (96.88 %) and H25 (96.88 %). The G+C content of the whole genome of strain HK4-1 was 64.05 mol%. The major fatty acids were C, C 7 and summed feature 3 (C 7 and/or C 6). The major polar lipids were phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylcholine, sphingoglycolipid and two unknown lipids. The predominant respiratory quinone was Q-10. Based on genomic, phylogenetic, phenotypic, physiological and chemotaxonomic data, strain HK4-1 should be classified as representing a novel species of the genus , for which the name sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain of sp. nov. is HK4-1 (=MCCC 1K08252=JCM 35764).