%0 Journal Article %A Lee, On On %A Lau, Stanley C. K. %A Tsoi, Mandy M. Y. %A Li, Xiancui %A Plakhotnikova, Ioulia %A Dobretsov, Sergey %A Wu, Madeline C. S. %A Wong, Po-Keung %A Qian, Pei-Yuan %T Gillisia myxillae sp. nov., a novel member of the family Flavobacteriaceae, isolated from the marine sponge Myxilla incrustans %D 2006 %J International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, %V 56 %N 8 %P 1795-1799 %@ 1466-5034 %R https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.64345-0 %I Microbiology Society, %X A yellow-pigmented, Gram-negative, rod-shaped, strictly aerobic bacterium (strain UST050418-085T) was isolated from the surface of a marine sponge, Myxilla incrustans, at Friday Harbor, WA, USA. The DNA G+C content of this strain was 34.6 mol%. The predominant fatty acids were i15 : 0, a15 : 0, i15 : 1, i16 : 0, i17 : 0 3-OH, 17 : 0 2-OH and summed feature 3, comprising i15 : 0 2-OH and/or 16 : 1ω7c (altogether representing 69.0 % of the total fatty acids). MK-6 was the only respiratory quinone detected. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences indicated that the closest relatives of UST050418-085T were members of the genus Gillisia, with sequence similarities of 93.2–96.6 %. Strain UST050418-085T differed from its closest relatives by 11 to 18 phenotypic traits. Molecular evidence and phenotypic characteristics suggest that strain UST050418-085T represents a novel species within the genus Gillisia. The name Gillisia myxillae sp. nov. is proposed, with UST050418-085T (=JCM 13546T=NRRL B-41416T) as the type strain. %U https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.64345-0