RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Kim, Wonyong A1 Traiwan, Jitsopin A1 Park, Mi-Hak A1 Jung, Min Young A1 Oh, Su-Jin A1 Yoon, Jung-Hoon A1 Sukhoom, AmpaitipYR 2012 T1 Chungangia koreensis gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from marine sediment JF International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, VO 62 IS Pt_8 SP 1914 OP 1920 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.028837-0 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1466-5034, AB A Gram-staining-positive, strictly aerobic, non-spore-forming, rod-shaped bacterial strain, CAU 9163T, was isolated from marine sediment collected in the Republic of Korea and its taxonomic position was investigated using a polyphasic approach. The novel strain grew optimally at 30 °C and pH 8.0. In phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences, strain CAU 9163T formed a hitherto unknown lineage within the order Bacillales , which contains the genera Planomicrobium , Planococcus , Sporosarcina , Rummeliibacillus , Viridibacillus , Lysinibacillus and Bacillus . The levels of 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity between the novel strain and any established bacterial species were all <95.7 %. The major isoprenoid quinines of strain CAU 9163T were MK-8 (65.2 %) and MK-7 (22.8 %) and the predominant fatty acid was anteiso-C15 : 0. The peptidoglycan was of the A4α type and based on l-Lys-d-Asp. The major whole-cell sugars were ribose and glucose. The polar lipid profile mainly consisted of phosphatidylethanolamine, diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylglycerol, an unidentified glycolipid and an unidentified polar lipid. The genomic DNA G+C content of the novel strain was 44.3 mol%. These data were sufficient to differentiate the novel strain from established genera in the phylum Firmicutes . Based on the phenotypic, chemotaxonomic and genotypic evidence, strain CAU 9163T represents a novel species in a new genus for which the name Chungangia koreensis gen. nov., sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain of Chungangia koreensis is 9163T ( = KCTC 13729T  = CCUG 59778T)., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.028837-0