Oceanomicrobium pacificus gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the family Rhodobacteraceae isolated from seawater of tropical western Pacific

The Gram-stain-negative, aerobic, ovoid or rod-shaped bacterial strain, designated KN286 T , was isolated from seawater of tropical western Pacific. Growth occurred between 15 and 40 °C (optimally at 30–35 °C), pH 6–9 (optimally at 7.0) and in the presence of 0.5–5.0% (w/v) NaCl (optimally between 2.0 and 3.0%). Strain KN286 T contained Q-10 as the major respiratory quinone. The polar lipid profile contained phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylcholine, three phospholipids, three glycolipids, and three unidentified polar lipids. The predominant cellular fatty acid was summed feature 8 (composed of C 18:1 ω 7c and/or C 18:1 ω 6c). Phylogenetic analysis of the 16S rRNA gene sequence revealed that strain KN286 T was a member of the family Rhodobacteraceae and formed a distinct lineage. Strain KN286 T has a genome size of 3.25 Mbp and a G + C content of 65.0 mol%. It encoded with some genes for carbohydrate-active enzymes, such as GH20 (Glycoside Hydrolase Family 20) and PL1 (Polysaccharide Lyase Family 1) and did not encode with a set of genes for reduction of nitrate to nitrite (nitrate reductase gamma subunit, respiratory nitrate reductase alpha N-terminal and respiratory nitrate reductase beta C-terminal). Based on phylogenetic analyses with single-copy orthologous clusters, low is DDH value (19.6%), low ANI (72.4%) and low AAI (65.7%) results, differential chemotaxonomic and physiological properties, strain KN286 T represents a novel species of a novel genus of the family Rhodobacteraceae , for which the name Oceanomicrobium pacificus gen. nov., sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain of Oceanomicrobium pacificus is KN286 T (=CGMCC 1.17118 T = KCTC 72430 T ).