Carboxylicivirga marinus sp. nov., Isolated From Marine Sediment, and Genome Insight of the Genus Carboxylicivirga

Abstract

A Gram-stain-negative, facultatively aerobic, beige and slender bacterium, designed N1Y132T, was isolated from a sediment sample taken from coastal zone of Weihai, China (37°34′31.44″ N, 122°9′15″ E). Growth occurred at 15-33°C (optimal 25–28°C), at pH 6.5–8.5 (optimal pH 7.5), in 0–9% (w/v) NaCl (optimal 2.0–2.5%). According to the phylogenetic analysis based on the 16S rRNA gene sequences, strain N1Y132T showed the highest sequence similarity (97.9%) with Carboxylicivirga taeanensis JCM 19490T, followed by C. sediminis JR1T (97.4%), C. mesophila JCM 18290T (96.4%) and C. linearis FB218T (95.1%). Thus, strain N1Y132T was a member of the genus Carboxylicivirga. The average nucleotide identity (ANI) values between strain N1Y132T and C. sediminis JR1T, C. linearis FB218T and C. mesophila JCM 18290T were 74.8%, 71.1%, and 74.9%, respectively. Chemotaxonomic analysis showed that the sole respiratory quinone was MK-7 and the major fatty acids (> 5.0%) included iso-C15:0, anteiso-C15:0, iso-C13:0, iso-C14:0, iso-C15:0 3-OH, and C15:1ω6c. The polar lipids were consisted of a phosphatidylethanolamine, two phosphoaminolipids and six unidentified lipids. The DNA G + C content was 38.1 mol%. Based on the evidence presented in this study, strain N1Y132T represents a novel species of the genus Carboxylicivirga, for which the name Carboxylicivirga marinus sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is N1Y132T (= KCTC 72934T = MCCC 1H00431T).