RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Yoon, Jaewoo A1 Yasumoto-Hirose, Mina A1 Katsuta, Atsuko A1 Sekiguchi, Hiroshi A1 Matsuda, Satoru A1 Kasai, Hiroaki A1 Yokota, AkiraYR 2007 T1 Coraliomargarita akajimensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the phylum ‘Verrucomicrobia’ isolated from seawater in Japan JF International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, VO 57 IS 5 SP 959 OP 963 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.64755-0 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1466-5034, AB An obligately aerobic, Gram-negative, non-spore-forming, non-motile, spherical bacterium, designated strain 04OKA010-24T, was isolated from seawater surrounding the hard coral Galaxea fascicularis L., collected at Majanohama, Akajima, Japan, and was subjected to a polyphasic taxonomic study. Phylogenetic analyses based on the 16S rRNA gene sequence indicated that the new strain represented a member of the phylum ‘Verrucomicrobia’ and shared 84–95 % sequence similarity with cultivated strains of ‘Verrucomicrobia’ subdivision 4. Amino acid analysis of the cell-wall hydrolysate indicated the absence of muramic acid and diaminopimelic acid, which suggested that the strain did not contain peptidoglycan in the cell wall. The G+C content of the DNA was 53.9 mol%. MK-7 was the major menaquinone and C14 : 0, C18 : 1 ω9c and C18 : 0 were the major fatty acids. On the basis of these data, it was concluded that strain 04OKA010-24T represents a novel species in a new genus in subdivision 4 of the phylum ‘Verrucomicrobia’, for which the name Coraliomargarita akajimensis gen. nov., sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain of Coraliomargarita akajimensis is 04OKA010-24T (=MBIC06463T=IAM 15411T=KCTC 12865T)., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.64755-0