%0 Journal Article %A Du, Zong-Jun %A Zhang, De-Chao %A Liu, Song-Nian %A Chen, Ji-Xiang %A Tian, Xiang-Li %A Zhang, Zhi-Nan %A Liu, Hong-Can %A Chen, Guan-Jun %T Gilvimarinus chinensis gen. nov., sp. nov., an agar-digesting marine bacterium within the class Gammaproteobacteria isolated from coastal seawater in Qingdao, China %D 2009 %J International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, %V 59 %N 12 %P 2987-2990 %@ 1466-5034 %R https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.001313-0 %I Microbiology Society, %X A taxonomic study was performed on strain QM42T, which was isolated from coastal seawater from an aquaculture site near Qingdao, China. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that strain QM42T was a member of the class Gammaproteobacteria. Cells of strain QM42T were Gram-negative, yellow, aerobic and rod-shaped. The strain formed a distinct phyletic line with less than 91 % 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity to its closest relatives with validly published names within the class Gammaproteobacteria. The genomic DNA G+C content was 51.9 mol%. The major fatty acids were C16 : 1 ω7c/iso-C15 : 0 2-OH, C18 : 1 ω7c and C16 : 0. Based on data from a polyphasic chemotaxonomic, physiological and biochemical study, strain QM42T is considered to represent a novel genus and species, for which the name Gilvimarinus chinensis gen. nov., sp. nov., is proposed. The type strain is QM42T (=CGMCC 1.7008T=DSM 19667T). %U https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.001313-0