@article{mbs:/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijsem.0.001466, author = "Sheu, Shih-Yi and Liu, Li-Ping and Tang, Sen-Lin and Chen, Wen-Ming", title = "Thalassotalea euphylliae sp. nov., isolated from the torch coral Euphyllia glabrescens", journal= "International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology", year = "2016", volume = "66", number = "12", pages = "5039-5045", doi = "https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.001466", url = "https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijsem.0.001466", publisher = "Microbiology Society", issn = "1466-5034", type = "Journal Article", keywords = "Thalassotalea euphylliae", keywords = "Proteobacteria", keywords = "New Taxa", abstract = "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).", }