Salegentibacter flavus sp. nov. Ivanova, Elena P. and Bowman, John P. and Christen, Richard and Zhukova, Natalia V. and Lysenko, Anatoly M. and Gorshkova, Natalia M. and Mitik-Dineva, Natasa and Sergeev, Alexander F. and Mikhailov, Valery V.,, 56, 583-586 (2006), doi = https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.64087-0, publicationName = Microbiology Society, issn = 1466-5026, abstract= A yellow-pigmented, non-motile, Gram-negative bacterium, designated Fg 69T, was isolated from a sediment sample collected in Chazhma Bay (Sea of Japan). The novel organism grew at 10–35 °C, was neutrophilic and required 3–10 % NaCl for optimal growth. Strain Fg 69T was able to degrade starch and to hydrolyse gelatin and Tween 80 weakly but not casein or agar. Predominant cellular fatty acids comprised n-C15 and n-C16 branched-chain and straight-chain saturated and unsaturated fatty acids, including iso-C15 : 0 (5 %), anteiso-C15 : 0 (11 %), C15 : 0 (9 %), iso-C15 : 1 (5 %), iso-C16 : 0 (8 %), C16 : 0 (5 %) and C16 : 1 ω7 (5 %) and iso- and anteiso-branched 2-OH and 3-OH C15 : 0 to C17 : 0 fatty acids (26 % in total). The G+C content of the DNA was 40·4 mol%. 16S rRNA gene sequence data indicated that strain Fg 69T belonged to the genus Salegentibacter but was distinct from recognized Salegentibacter species (94–95 % sequence similarity). Based on these results, a novel species, Salegentibacter flavus sp. nov., is proposed. The type strain is Fg 69T (=KMM 6000T=CIP 107843T)., language=, type=