Flavobacterium beibuense sp. nov., isolated from marine sediment Fu, Yuanyuan and Tang, Xixiang and Lai, Qiliang and Zhang, Chunhua and Zhong, Huanzi and Li, Weiwei and Liu, Yuhui and Chen, Liang and Sun, Fengqin and Shao, Zongze,, 61, 205-209 (2011), doi = https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.018846-0, publicationName = Microbiology Society, issn = 1466-5026, abstract= A taxonomic study was carried out on strain F44-8T, which was isolated from a crude-oil-degrading consortium, enriched from marine sediment of the Beibu Gulf, PR China. The 16S rRNA gene sequence of strain F44-8T showed highest similarities to those of Flavobacterium frigoris LMG 21922T (93.3 %), Flavobacterium terrae R2A1-13T (93.3 %) and Flavobacterium gelidilacus LMG 21477T (93.1 %). Sequence similarities to other members of the genus Flavobacterium were <93.0 %. The dominant fatty acids of strain F44-8T were iso-C15 : 0, summed feature 3 (iso-C15 : 0 2-OH and/or C16 : 1 ω7c), iso-C15 : 1 G and iso-C17 : 0 3-OH. The DNA G+C content of strain F44-8T was 38.6 mol%. These results are consistent with characteristics of members of the genus Flavobacterium. Strain F44-8T could, however, be readily distinguished from all known Flavobacterium species by a number of phenotypic features. Therefore, according to the phenotypic and 16S rRNA gene sequence data, strain F44-8T represents a novel species in the genus Flavobacterium, for which the name Flavobacterium beibuense sp. nov. is proposed (type strain F44-8T =CCTCC AB 209067T =LMG 25233T =MCCC 1A02877T)., language=, type=