Roseobacter fucihabitans sp. nov., isolated from the brown alga Fucus spiralis

A Gram-negative, aerobic, pink-pigmented, and bacteriochlorophyll -containing bacterial strain, designated B14 , was isolated from the macroalga sampled from the southern North Sea, Germany. Based on 16S rRNA gene sequences, species of the genera and were most closely related to strain B14 with sequence identities ranging from 98.15 % ( Och 114 ) to 99.11 % ( Och 149 ), whereas CH-B427 exhibited 98.52 % sequence identity. Digital DNA-DNA hybridization and average nucleotide identity values between the genome of the novel strain and that of closely related and type strains were