RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Ramaprasad, E. V. V. A1 Mahidhara, Ganesh A1 Sasikala, Ch. A1 Ramana, Ch. V.YR 2018 T1 Rhodococcus electrodiphilus sp. nov., a marine electro active actinobacterium isolated from coral reef JF International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, VO 68 IS 8 SP 2644 OP 2649 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.002895 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1466-5034, AB An electrogenic bacterium was isolated from a marine coral, designated as strain JC435T and its taxonomic status examined by using a polyphasic approach. Results from the 16S rRNA gene sequence study showed that the isolate belonged to the genus Rhodococcus and formed a cluster with Rhodococcus ruber KCTC 9806T (99.5 % 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity) and Rhodococcus aetherivorans JCM 14343T (99.3 %), respectively. Genome relatedness based on DNA–DNA hybridization to the type strains of closest-related species was less than 30 % and the ΔTm of >7 °C, suggesting that strain represents a new species of the genus Rhodococcus . The major fatty acids were C16 : 0, C18 : 1ω9c, C18 : 010-methyl and C16 : 1ω6c and/or C16 : 1ω7c. The polar lipids of strain JC435T were diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylinositol mannoside, phosphatidylinositol, three unknown phospholipids and an unknown amino lipid. The major isoprenoid quinone was MK-8(H2), with 8 % of MK-7(H2) and 2 % of MK-9(H2) as minor components. Whole-cell hydrolysates contained meso-diaminopimelic acid, arabinose and galactose as the diagnostic diamino acid and sugars. Mycolic acids were detected. The genomic DNA G+C content of strain JC435T was 69.8 mol%. On the basis of phylogenetic genotypic, physiological and chemotaxonomic analysis, strain JC435T is considered to represent a novel species of the genus Rhodococcus for which the name Rhodococcus electrodiphilus sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is JC435T (=KCTC 39856T=LMG 29881T=MCC 3659T)., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijsem.0.002895