RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Huang, Zhaobin A1 Wang, Liping A1 Zhang, Demin A1 Shao, ZongzeYR 2016 T1 Pseudotenacibaculum haliotis gen. nov., sp. nov., a new member within the Tenacibaculum-Polaribacter clade of the family Flavobacteriaceae, isolated from the intestine of adult abalones, Haliotis diversicolor and H. discushannai JF International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, VO 66 IS 9 SP 3718 OP 3724 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.001255 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1466-5034, AB Two rod-shaped marine bacterial strains named FDZSB0410T and FDZWPB0420, were isolated from the intestine of two adult abalone species, Haliotis diversicolor and Haliotis discus hannai, respectively. The strains were non-flagellated, motile by gliding, oxidase-positive but catalase-negative, and agar-degrading. The two strains had identical 16S rRNA gene sequences with the highest sequence similarity less than 96.0 % with species of the genera Tenacibaculum and Polaribacter within the family Flavobacteriaceae . Phylogenetic analysis indicated the strains represented an independent cluster neighbouring with the species of the genera Tenacibaculum and Polaribacter . Strain FDZSB0410T can grow under conditions at 15 to 37 °C with optimum of 30 °C, salinity range from 3 to 4 % (NaCl, w/v) with optimum of 3 %, and pH range from 7 to 8 with optimum of pH 7. The predominant fatty acids of strain FDZSB0410T consisted of iso-C15 : 0, iso-C15 :1 G, summed feature 3 (comprising C16 : 1 ω7c/C16 : 1 ω6c), iso-C13 : 0, iso-C17 : 0 3-OH, and iso-C15 : 0 3-OH. The ubiquinone system detected was MK-6. The flexirubin pigment was absent, but the carotenoid was present. The polar lipids were identified as aminolipid, glycolipid, phosphatidylglycerol, an unknown phospholipid and four unknown lipids. The DNA G+C content was 35.3 mol%. On the basis of the genotypic and phenotypic characterizations, strain FDZSB0410T and strain FDZWPB0420 represent a novel species of a new genus in the family Flavobacteriaceae, for which the name Pseudotenacibaculum haliotis gen. nov., sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain of the type species is FDZSB0410T (=KCTC 52127T=MCCC 1A01897T)., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijsem.0.001255