RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Romanenko, Lyudmila A. A1 Uchino, Masataka A1 Tanaka, Naoto A1 Frolova, Galina M. A1 Mikhailov, Valery V.YR 2008 T1 Lysobacter spongiicola sp. nov., isolated from a deep-sea sponge JF International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, VO 58 IS 2 SP 370 OP 374 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.65391-0 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1466-5034, AB An aerobic, Gram-negative bacterium, strain KMM 329T, was isolated from a deep-sea sponge specimen from the Philippine Sea and subjected to a polyphasic taxonomic investigation. Comparative 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis showed that strain KMM 329T clustered with the species of the genus Lysobacter. The highest level of 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity (97.0 %) was found with respect to Lysobacter concretionis KCTC 12205T; lower values (96.4–95.2 %) were obtained with respect to the other recognized Lysobacter species. The value for DNA–DNA relatedness between strain KMM 329T and L. concretionis KCTC 12205T was 47 %. Branched fatty acids 16 : 0 iso, 15 : 0 iso, 11 : 0 iso 3-OH and 17 : 1 iso were found to be predominant. Strain KMM 329T had a DNA G+C content of 69.0 mol%. On the basis of the phenotypic, chemotaxonomic, DNA–DNA hybridization and phylogenetic data, strain KMM 329T represents a novel species of the genus Lysobacter, for which the name Lysobacter spongiicola sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is KMM 329T (=NRIC 0728T =JCM 14760T)., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.65391-0