RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Arroua, Boussad A1 Ranchou-Peyruse, Anthony A1 Ranchou-Peyruse, Magali A1 Magot, Michel A1 Urios, Laurent A1 Grimaud, RégisYR 2017 T1 Pleomorphochaeta caudata gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic bacterium isolated from an offshore oil well, reclassification of Sphaerochaeta multiformis MO-SPC2T as Pleomorphochaeta multiformis MO-SPC2T comb. nov. as the type strain of this novel genus and emended description of the genus Sphaerochaeta JF International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, VO 67 IS 2 SP 417 OP 424 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.001641 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1466-5034, AB A strictly anaerobic Gram-stain-negative bacterium, designated strain SEBR 4223T, was isolated from the production water of an offshore Congolese oil field. Cells were non-motile, pleomorphic and had spherical, annular or budding shapes, often exhibiting long stalks. Strain SEBR 4223T grew on a range of carbohydrates, optimally at 37 °C and pH 7, in a medium containing 40 g l−1 NaCl. Predominant fatty acids were C14 : 0, C14 : 0 DMA, C16 : 0 and C16 : 1ω7c and the major polar lipids were phosphoglycolipids, phospholipids, glycolipids and diphosphatidylglycerol. The G+C content of the DNA was 28.7 mol%. Phylogenetic analysis, based on the 16S rRNA gene sequence, showed that strain SEBR 4223T and Sphaerochaeta multiformis MO-SPC2T formed a cluster with similarity to other species of the genus Sphaerochaeta of of less than 86 %. On the basis of the phenotypic characteristics and taxonomic analyses, we propose a novel genus, Pleomorphochaeta gen. nov., to accommodate the novel species Pleomorphochaeta caudata sp. nov., with SEBR 4223T (=DSM 103077T=JCM 31 475T) as the type strain. We also propose the reclassification of Sphaerochaeta multiformis MO SPC2T as Pleomorphochaeta multiformis MO-SPC2T comb. nov., the type strain of this novel genus and emend description of the genus Sphaerochaeta ., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijsem.0.001641