RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Takeuchi, Mio A1 Katayama, Taiki A1 Yamagishi, Takao A1 Hanada, Satoshi A1 Tamaki, Hideyuki A1 Kamagata, Yoichi A1 Oshima, Kenshiro A1 Hattori, Masahira A1 Marumo, Katsumi A1 Nedachi, Munetomo A1 Maeda, Hiroto A1 Suwa, Yuichi A1 Sakata, SusumuYR 2014 T1 Methyloceanibacter caenitepidi gen. nov., sp. nov., a facultatively methylotrophic bacterium isolated from marine sediments near a hydrothermal vent JF International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, VO 64 IS Pt_2 SP 462 OP 468 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.053397-0 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1466-5034, AB A moderately thermophilic, methanol-oxidizing bacterium (strain Gela4T) was isolated from methane-utilizing mixed-culture originating from marine sediment near a hydrothermal vent. Phylogenetic analysis of 16S rRNA gene sequences indicated that strain Gela4T was closely related to members of the genus ‘Methyloligella’ (94.7 % similarity) within the class Alphaproteobacteria . Strain Gela4T was a Gram‐staining‐negative and aerobic organism. Cells were rod-shaped and non-motile. The temperature range for growth of strain Gela4T was 19–43 °C (optimal growth at 35 °C). Strain Gela4T tolerated up to 9 % NaCl with an optimum at 1 %. The organism was a facultative methylotroph that could utilize methanol, methylamine, trimethylamine and a variety of multi-carbon compounds. The major cellular fatty acid and major respiratory quinone were C18 : 1ω7c and ubiquinone-10, respectively. The predominant phospholipids were phosphatidylcholine, phosphatidylglycerol and phosphatidylethanolamine. The DNA G+C content was 63.9 mol%. On the basis of the morphological, physiological, biochemical and genetic information, a novel genus and species, Methyloceanibacter caenitepidi is proposed, with Gela4T ( = NBRC 109540T = DSM 27242T) as the type strain., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.053397-0