Abstract
A novel facultatively anaerobic strain DH1T was isolated
from deep sub-seafloor sediment at a depth of 900 m below
the seafloor off Seo-do (the west part of Dokdo Island) in
the East Sea of the Republic of Korea. The new strain was
characterized using polyphasic approaches. The isolate was
Gram-stain-negative, motile by gliding, non-spore-forming
rods, oxidase-negative, and catalase-positive; and formed
colonies of orange-red color. The NaCl range for growth
was 0.5–7.0% (w/v) and no growth was observed in the absence
of NaCl. The isolate grew optimally at 30°C, with 2%
(w/v) NaCl and at pH 7. The cell-wall hydrolysates contained
ribose as a major sugar. The DNA G+C content was 40.8
mol%. The closest related strains are Sunxiuqinia faeciviva
JAM-BA0302T and Sunxiuqinia elliptica DQHS-4T (97.9 and
96.3% sequence similarity, respectively). The level of DNADNA
relatedness between strain DH1T and S. faeciviva JAMBA0302T
was around 41% (but only 6% between DH1T and
S. elliptica DQHS-4T). The major cellular fatty acids of the
isolate were contained iso-C15:0 (25.9%), anteiso-C15:0 (16.7%),
and summed feature 9 (comprising C16:0 3-OH and/or unknown
fatty acid of dimethylacetal ECL 17.157; 13.2%).
The predominant menaquinone was MK-7. On the basis of
polyphasic evidence from this study, the isolate was considered
to represent a novel species of the genus Sunxiuqinia,
for which the name Sunxiuqinia dokdonensis sp. nov. is
proposed; the type strain is DH1T (=KCTC 32503T =CGMCC
1.12676T =JCM 19380T).
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