Muricauda zhangzhouensis sp. nov., isolated from mangrove sediment Yang, Caiyun and Li, Yi and Guo, Qian and Lai, Qiliang and Wei, Jun and Zheng, Tianling and Tian, Yun,, 63, 2320-2325 (2013), doi = https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.040881-0, publicationName = Microbiology Society, issn = 1466-5026, abstract= A Gram-staining-negative, rod-shaped and non-motile bacterial strain, designated 12C25T, was isolated from the crude-oil-degrading bacterial consortium enriched from mangrove sediment collected in Fujian Province, China. Optimal growth was observed at 25–28 °C, at pH 7.0 and in the presence of 2 % (w/v) NaCl + 2 % (w/v) KCl. Comparative 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis demonstrated that strain 12C25T shared the highest sequence similarity with members of the genus Muricauda (97.7–93.9 %), exhibiting 97.7 % sequence similarity and 33.7±4 % DNA–DNA relatedness to Muricauda aquimarina SW-63T. The DNA G+C content of strain 12C25T was 39.9 mol%. The dominant fatty acids were iso-C15 : 1 G, iso-C17 : 0 3-OH, iso-C15 : 0, C18 : 0 and iso-C15 : 0 3-OH, and menaquinone with six isoprene units (MK-6) was the only respiratory quinone. On the basis of phenotypic data and phylogenetic inference, the novel strain belongs to the genus Muricauda , but can readily be distinguished from known species of this genus and thus represents a novel species of the genus Muricauda. The name Muricauda zhangzhouensis sp. nov. is proposed and the type strain is 12C25T ( = CGMCC 1.11028T = MCCC 1F01096T = DSM 25030T)., language=, type=