%0 Journal Article %A Liang, Xiaoyan %A Lin, Huina %A Wang, Kailing %A Liao, Yunjing %A Lai, Qiliang %A Xu, Ying %A Wang, Changyun %T Altererythrobacter salegens sp. nov., a slightly halophilic bacterium isolated from surface sediment %D 2017 %J International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, %V 67 %N 4 %P 909-913 %@ 1466-5034 %R https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.001708 %K mangrove %K Altererythrobacter salegens sp. nov. %K halophilic %I Microbiology Society, %X A Gram-negative, rod-shaped and slightly halophilic bacterium, strain XY-R17T, was isolated from the surface sediment of Mai Po Inner Deep Bay Ramsar Site birdwatch in Hong Kong. The 16S rRNA gene sequence of strain XY-R17T exhibited 96.5 % similarity to that of the type strain of Altererythrobacter atlanticus . Optimal growth occurred at pH 7.0–7.5, 3–8 % (w/v) NaCl and at 30 °C. The major respiratory quinone was ubiquinone-10. The principal fatty acids were summed feature 8 (C18 : 1ω7c and/or C18 : 1ω6c), summed feature 3 (C16 : 1ω7c and/or C16 : 1ω6c), 11-methyl C18 : 1ω7c and C17 : 1ω6c .The polar lipid profile consisted of the major compounds sphingoglycolipid, phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylglycerol, diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylcholine and two unknown lipids. The DNA G+C content was 64.7 mol%. Based on its phenotypic properties, chemotaxonomic characteristics and phylogenetic distinctiveness, strain XY-R17T should be designated as a novel species of the genus Altererythrobacter . Therefore, the name Altererythrobacter salegens sp. nov. (type strain XY-R17T=KCTC 52267T=MCCC 1K01500T) is proposed. %U https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijsem.0.001708