RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Lee, Kiyoung A1 Choo, Yoe-Jin A1 Giovannoni, Stephen J. A1 Cho, Jang-CheonYR 2007 T1 Ruegeria pelagia sp. nov., isolated from the Sargasso Sea, Atlantic Ocean JF International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, VO 57 IS 8 SP 1815 OP 1818 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.65032-0 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1466-5034, AB Gram-negative, facultatively aerobic, chemoheterotrophic, short rod-shaped marine bacterial strains HTCC2662T and HTCC2663, isolated from the Sargasso Sea by using a dilution-to-extinction culturing method, were investigated to determine their taxonomic position. Characterization of the two strains by phenotypic and phylogenetic analyses revealed that they belonged to the same species. The DNA G+C content of strain HTCC2662T was 58.4 mol% and the predominant cellular fatty acids were C18 : 1 ω7c (52.5 %), C16 : 0 2-OH (13.5 %) and C18 : 1 11-methyl ω7c (12.2 %). Phylogenetic analysis of the 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that the strains represented a distinct line of descent within the genus Ruegeria, with highest sequence similarities to Ruegeria atlantica DSM 5823T (97.2 %), Ruegeria lacuscaerulensis DSM 11314T (96.5 %) and Ruegeria pomeroyi DSM 15171T (95.6 %). Several phenotypic characteristics, including facultatively requiring NaCl and oxygen for growth, together with the cellular fatty acid composition, differentiated strain HTCC2662T from other members of the genus Ruegeria. Based on phenotypic, chemotaxonomic and phylogenetic traits, it is suggested that strains HTCC2662T and HTCC2663 represent a novel species of the genus Ruegeria, for which the name Ruegeria pelagia sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is HTCC2662T (=KCCM 42378T=NBRC 102038T)., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.65032-0