RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Tan, Tianfeng A1 Wang, Baojiang A1 Shao, ZongzeYR 2009 T1 Donghicola xiamenensis sp. nov., a marine bacterium isolated from seawater of the Taiwan Strait in China JF International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, VO 59 IS 5 SP 1143 OP 1147 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.000901-0 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1466-5034, AB A Gram-negative, ovoid rod-shaped bacterium that lacked bacteriochlorophyll a, designated strain Y-2T, was isolated from seawater of the Taiwan Strait, China. The strain was oxidase- and catalase-positive, and reduced nitrate to nitrite. Optimal growth occurred at around pH 7.0 and 25 °C in the presence of 1–3 % (w/v) NaCl. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that strain Y-2T belonged to the class Alphaproteobacteria and formed a coherent cluster with Donghicola eburneus SW-277T (96.2 % sequence similarity). The major whole-cell fatty acid was C18 : 1 ω7c (75.42 %). Other characteristic fatty acids were C18 : 0 (9.16 %) and C16 : 0 (7.32 %). The DNA G+C content of strain Y-2T was 62.4 mol%. Therefore, based on phenotypic properties, phylogeny and genomic data, strain Y-2T should be placed in the genus Donghicola as representing a novel species, for which the name Donghicola xiamenensis sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is Y-2T (=MCCC 1A00107T=LMG 24574T=CGMCC 1.7081T)., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.000901-0