RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Xu, Zhen-Xing A1 Yu, Pei A1 Mu, Da-Shuai A1 Liu, Yan A1 Du, Zong-JunYR 2017 T1 Tenacibaculum agarivorans sp. nov., an agar-degrading bacterium isolated from marine alga Porphyra yezoensis Ueda JF International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, VO 67 IS 12 SP 5139 OP 5143 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.002432 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1466-5034, AB A novel Gram-stain-negative, aerobic, rod-shaped, non-flagellated and agar-digesting marine bacterium, designated as HZ1T, was isolated from the marine alga Porphyra yezoensis Ueda (AST58-103) collected from the coastal area of Weihai, PR China. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences placed HZ1T in the genus Tenacibaculum , and it formed a distinct clade in the phylogenetic tree with the type strains of Tenacibaculum amylolyticum and Tenacibaculum skagerrakense , with 97.0 % and 96.7 % 16S rRNA gene sequence similarities, respectively. The DNA G+C content of the isolate was 31.8 mol%. HZ1T contained MK-6 as the predominant menaquinone and iso-C15 : 0, summed feature 3 (C16 : 1ω7c and/or C16 : 1ω6c), iso-C17 : 0 3-OH and iso-C15 : 1G as the major fatty acids. The major polar lipids were phosphatidylethanolamine, four unidentified lipids and five unidentified aminolipids. On the basis of the results of the phylogenetic analysis and phenotypic properties, it is concluded that HZ1T represents a novel species of the genus Tenacibaculum , for which the name Tenacibaculum agarivorans sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is HZ1T (=MCCC 1H00174T=KCTC 52476T)., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijsem.0.002432