RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Li, Dan-Dan A1 Liu, Chang A1 Zhang, Yan-Qi A1 Wang, Xiu-Juan A1 Wang, Ning A1 Peng, Ming A1 Song, Xiao-Yan A1 Su, Hai-Nan A1 Zhang, Xi-Ying A1 Zhang, Yu-Zhong A1 Shi, MeiYR 2017 T1 Flavobacterium arcticum sp. nov., isolated from Arctic seawater JF International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, VO 67 IS 4 SP 1070 OP 1074 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.001804 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1466-5034, AB A Gram-reaction-negative, aerobic, non-flagellated, rod-shaped and yellow-pigmented bacterium, designated strain SM1502T, was isolated from Arctic seawater. The isolate grew at 10–40 °C and with 0–8.0 % (w/v) NaCl. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences revealed that the isolate was affiliated with the genus Flavobacterium , with the highest sequence similarity (96.0 %) found with Flavobacterium suzhouense XIN-1T. The major fatty acids of strain SM1502T were iso-C15 : 0, iso-C17 : 1ω9c, iso-C15 : 1 G, C15 : 0, iso-C17 : 0 3-OH and unknown ECL 13.565. The major respiratory quinone of strain SM1502T was menaquinone-6 (MK-6). Polar lipids of strain SM1502T included phosphatidylethanolamine and one unidentified aminolipid and lipid. The genomic DNA G+C content of strain SM1502T was 37.0 mol%. Based on the polyphasic data obtained in this study, strain SM1502T is considered to represent a novel species of the genus Flavobacterium , for which the name Flavobacterium arcticum sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is SM1502T (=KCTC 42668T=CCTCC AB 2015346T)., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijsem.0.001804