RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Nedashkovskaya, Olga I. A1 Kim, Seung Bum A1 Suzuki, Makoto A1 Shevchenko, Lyudmila S. A1 Lee, Myung Sook A1 Lee, Kang Hyun A1 Park, Myung Soo A1 Frolova, Galina M. A1 Oh, Hyun Woo A1 Bae, Kyung Sook A1 Park, Ho-Yong A1 Mikhailov, Valery V.YR 2005 T1 Pontibacter actiniarum gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the phylum ‘Bacteroidetes’, and proposal of Reichenbachiella gen. nov. as a replacement for the illegitimate prokaryotic generic name Reichenbachia Nedashkovskaya et al. 2003 JF International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, VO 55 IS 6 SP 2583 OP 2588 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.63819-0 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1466-5034, AB The taxonomic position of a marine, gliding, pink-pigmented, aerobic, heterotrophic and Gram-negative bacterium was established using a polyphasic approach. 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis indicated that the strain was a member of the phylum ‘Bacteroidetes’ in which it occupied a separate lineage. The predominant cellular fatty acids were C15 : 0 iso, C17 : 0 iso 3-OH, summed feature 3 and summed feature 4. The DNA G+C content was 48·7 mol%. Phylogenetic evidence and the results of phenotypic, genotypic and chemotaxonomic analyses strongly support the assignment of the newly isolated bacterium as a member of a novel genus and species, for which the name Pontibacter actiniarum gen. nov., sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is KMM 6156T (=KCTC 12367T=LMG 23027T). It is also proposed that the illegitimate names Reichenbachia and Reichenbachia agariperforans are replaced with Reichenbachiella and Reichenbachiella agariperforans, respectively., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.63819-0