Description of Pseudobacteriovorax antillogorgiicola gen. nov., sp. nov., a bacterium isolated from the gorgonian octocoral Antillogorgia elisabethae, belonging to the family Pseudobacteriovoracaceae fam. nov., within the order Bdellovibrionales

A bacterial strain designated RKEM611 ᵀ was isolated from the octocoral Antillogorgia elisabethae , collected off the coast of San Salvador, The Bahamas. The strain is Gram-stain-negative, an obligate aerobe, and pleomorphic. It requires NaCl for growth and exhibits optimal growth at 1–2 % (w/v) NaCl, 30–37 °C and pH 6.0–8.0. The predominant cellular fatty acids are C ₁₆ : ₁ω5 c and C ₁₆ : ₀; the major respiratory quinone is menaquinone MK-6, and the DNA G+C content is 46.3 mol%. Based on phylogenetic analysis of the 16S rRNA gene, in addition to phenotypic characteristics, RKEM611 ᵀ represents a novel species and genus of a novel family within the order Bdellovibrionales . The names Pseudobacteriovoracaceae fam. nov. and Pseudobacteriovorax antillogorgiicola gen., nov., sp., nov. are proposed. Isolate RKEM611 ᵀ (= NCCB 100521 ᵀ = LMG 28452 ᵀ) is the type strain.