Arenibacter nanhaiticus sp. nov., isolated from marine sediment of the South China Sea Sun, Fengqin and Wang, Baojiang and Du, Yaping and Liu, Xiupian and Lai, Qiliang and Li, Guangyu and Luo, Jie and Shao, Zongze,, 60, 78-83 (2010), doi = https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.008573-0, publicationName = Microbiology Society, issn = 1466-5026, abstract= An aerobic, Gram-stain-negative, rod-shaped bacterial isolate, strain NH36AT, was isolated from a sandy sediment sample from the South China Sea. Colonies of the isolate were dark orange on M2 agar. Optimal growth was observed at pH 7.0–8.5, 30 °C and in the presence of 0.5–4.0 % (w/v) NaCl. The major fatty acids were C15 : 0, iso-C15 : 0, anteiso-C15 : 0, iso-C15 : 1, iso-C15 : 0 3-OH, iso-C17 : 0 3-OH and summed feature 3 (comprising iso-C15 : 0 2-OH and/or C16 : 1 ω7c). The DNA G+C content was 38.9 mol%. 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis revealed that strain NH36AT was most closely related to members of the genus Arenibacter, exhibiting 94.3–96.2 % sequence similarity to the type strains of Arenibacter species. On the basis of phenotypic, chemotaxonomic and phylogenetic data, this organism should be classified as a representative of a novel species in the genus Arenibacter. The name Arenibacter nanhaiticus sp. nov. is proposed and the type strain is NH36AT (=LMG 24842T=CCTCC AB 208315T=MCCC 1A04137T)., language=, type=