Sandaracinobacter neustonicus sp. nov., isolated from the sea surface microlayer in the Southwestern Pacific Ocean, and emended description of the genus Sandaracinobacter

A Gram-stain-negative, non-motile, facultatively anaerobic and rod-shaped bacterial strain, designated PAMC 28131 T , was isolated from a sea surface microlayer sample in the open water of the Pacific Ocean. Phylogenetic analysis of the 16S rRNA gene sequence of strain PAMC 28131 T revealed an affiliation to the genus Sandaracinobacter with the closest species Sandaracinobacter sibiricus RB16-17 T (sequence similarity of 98.2 %). Strain PAMC 28131 T was able to grow optimally with 0.5–1.0 % NaCl and at pH 6.5–7.0 and 30 °C. The polar lipids were phosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylethanolamine, two unidentified phospholipids, an unidentified aminolipid, an unidentified glycolipid and an unidentified lipid. The major cellular fatty acids (>10 %) were C 18 : 1 ω6 c and/or C 18 : 1 ω7 c, (42.6 %), C 17 : 1 ω6 c (19.3 %) and C 16 : 1 ω6 c and/or C 16 : 1 ω7 c (15.8 %), and the respiratory quinone was Q-10. The genomic DNA G+C content was 65.3 mol%. The phylogenetic, phenotypic and chemotaxonomic data showed that strain PAMC 28131 T could be clearly distinguished from S. sibiricus RB16-17 T . Thus, strain PAMC 28131 T should be classified as representing a novel species in the genus Sandaracinobacter , for which the name Sandaracinobacter neustonicus sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is PAMC 28131 T (=KCCM 43127 T =JCM 30734 T ).