Altererythrobacter salegens sp. nov., a slightly halophilic bacterium isolated from surface sediment Liang, Xiaoyan and Lin, Huina and Wang, Kailing and Liao, Yunjing and Lai, Qiliang and Xu, Ying and Wang, Changyun,, 67, 909-913 (2017), doi = https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.001708, publicationName = Microbiology Society, issn = 1466-5026, abstract= 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., language=, type=