Nocardioides salsibiostraticola sp. nov., isolated from biofilm formed in coastal seawater

A Gram-staining-positive, non-motile, aerobic, non-spore-forming and short rod-shaped bacterial strain, PAMC 26527T, was isolated from biofilm formed in coastal seawater of the Norwegian Sea. Analysis of the 16S rRNA gene sequence of strain PAMC 26527T revealed a clear affiliation with the genus Nocardioides. Based on phylogenetic analysis, strain PAMC 26527T showed the closest phylogenetic relationship with Nocardioides caricicola YC6903T with 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity of 96.3 %. Strain PAMC 26527T grew in the presence of 0–5.0 % sea salts. The optimum temperature and pH for growth were 20 °C and pH 7.5. The major cellular fatty acids of strain PAMC 26527T were iso-C16 : 0, C17 : 1ω8c and C18 : 1ω9c and the major isoprenoid quinone was MK-8(H4). Cell-wall analysis showed that strain PAMC 26527T contained ll-diaminopimelic acid. The genomic DNA G+C content was 69.3 mol%. The combined phenotypic, chemotaxonomic and phylogenetic data showed that strain PAMC 26527T could be clearly distinguished from recognized members of the genus Nocardioides. Thus, strain PAMC 26527T should be classified as representing a novel species in the genus Nocardioides, for which the name Nocardioides salsibiostraticola sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is PAMC 26527T ( = KCTC 29158T = JCM 18743T).