RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Sung, Hojun A1 Kim, Hyun Sik A1 Lee, June-Young A1 Kang, Woorim A1 Kim, Pil Soo A1 Hyun, Dong-Wook A1 Tak, Euon Jung A1 Jung, Mi-Ja A1 Yun, Ji-Hyun A1 Kim, Min-Soo A1 Shin, Na-Ri A1 Whon, Tae Woong A1 Rho, Jeong Rae A1 Park, Sun Duk A1 Shim, Hyung Eun A1 Bae, Jin-WooYR 2018 T1 Oceanisphaera avium sp. nov., isolated from the gut of the cinereous vulture, Aegypius monachus JF International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, VO 68 IS 6 SP 2068 OP 2073 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.002797 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1466-5034, AB A Gram-stain-negative, aerobic, catalase- and oxidase-positive, rod-shaped, flagellated bacterial strain, designated AMac2203T, was isolated from the gut of the cinereous vulture, Aegypiusmonachus, collected from the Seoul Grand Park Zoo, Republic of Korea. Strain AMac2203T grew optimally at 15–25 °C, pH 7–8 and in the presence of 3–5 % (w/v) NaCl. Phylogenetic analysis revealed 97.4–97.9 % and 96.9–97.3 % sequence similarities of the 16S rRNA genes to its counterparts in Oceanisphaera profunda SM1222T and Oceanisphaera ostreae T-w6T, respectively. The predominant fatty acids (>10 %) of strain AMac2203T were summed feature 3 (C16 : 0 ω7c and/or C16 : 1 ω6c, 33.6 %), summed feature 8 (C18 : 1 ω7c, 24.5 %) and C16 : 0 (19.9 %). The primary isoprenoid quinone was ubiquinone-8. Polar lipids included phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylglycerol, diphosphatidylglycerol, an unidentified amino lipid and an unidentified lipid. Based on complete genome sequencing of strain AMac2203T and the closest related type strain, O. profunda , the OrthoANI value is 77.5 %, which is below the 95 % cut-off for species demarcation. The genomic DNA G+C content of strain AMac2203T is 47.1 mol%. Thus, strain AMac2203T represents a novel species candidate of the genus Oceanisphaera . We propose the name Oceanisphaera avium sp. nov., with strain AMac2203T (=KCTC 62118T=JCM 32207T) as the type strain., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijsem.0.002797