RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Sheu, Shih-Yi A1 Liu, Li-Ping A1 Tang, Sen-Lin A1 Chen, Wen-MingYR 2016 T1 Thalassotalea euphylliae sp. nov., isolated from the torch coral Euphyllia glabrescens JF International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, VO 66 IS 12 SP 5039 OP 5045 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.001466 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1466-5034, AB Strain Eup-16T, isolated from the torch coral Euphyllia glabrescens, was characterized using a polyphasic taxonomy approach. Cells of strain Eup-16T were Gram-staining-negative, aerobic, motile by means of a single polar flagellum, contained poly-β-hydroxybutyrate, rod-shaped and formed pale yellow colonies. Optimal growth occurred at 25–30 °C, pH 7.5–9 and in the presence of 1 % NaCl. Phylogenetic analyses based on 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that strain Eup-16T belonged to the genus Thalassotalea and was most closely related to Thalassotalea montiporae CL-22T with sequence similarity of 98.4 %. Strain Eup-16T contained summed feature 3 (C16 : 1ω7c and/or C16 : 1ω6c), C18 : 1ω7c, C16 : 0 and C17 : 1ω8c as the predominant fatty acids. The predominant isoprenoid quinone was Q-8. The major polar lipids were phosphatidylethanolamine and phosphatidylglycerol. The genomic DNA G+C content of strain Eup-16T was 43.2 mol%. The DNA–DNA hybridization value for strain Eup-16T with T. montiporae CL-22T was less than 34 %. Differential phenotypic properties, together with the phylogenetic inference, demonstrate that strain Eup-16T should be classified as a representative of a novel species of the genus Thalassotalea , for which the name Thalassotalea euphylliae sp. nov. is presented. The type strain is Eup-16T (=BCRC 80910T=LMG 29001T=KCTC 42743T)., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijsem.0.001466