%0 Journal Article %A Tian, Xin-Peng %A Zhi, Xiao-Yang %A Qiu, Yun-Qi %A Zhang, Yu-Qin %A Tang, Shu-Kun %A Xu, Li-Hua %A Zhang, Si %A Li, Wen-Jun %T Sciscionella marina gen. nov., sp. nov., a marine actinomycete isolated from a sediment in the northern South China Sea %D 2009 %J International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, %V 59 %N 2 %P 222-228 %@ 1466-5034 %R https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.001982-0 %I Microbiology Society, %X The taxonomic position of an actinomycete, designated SCSIO 00231T, isolated from a sediment sample collected from the northern South China Sea, was determined by using a polyphasic approach. The organism formed fragmented substrate hyphae and sparse aerial mycelium on modified ISP 2 medium. Phylogenetic analysis based on the 16S rRNA gene sequence showed that strain SCSIO 00231T fell into the family Pseudonocardiaceae, in which it formed a distinct lineage and was loosely associated with Thermocrispum municipale DSM 44069T, with 93 % similarity. The other closest phylogenetic neighbours were Saccharopolyspora erythraea NRRL 2338T (92.6 % similarity) and Amycolatopsis sacchari DSM 44468T (93.1 % similarity). The isolate had cell-wall type IV (meso-diaminopimelic acid and whole-cell sugars arabinose, galactose and glucose) and phospholipid type III. The predominant menaquinone was MK-9(H4). The G+C content of the genomic DNA was 69 mol%. Based on these data, strain SCSIO 00231T can be readily distinguished from previously described organisms and represents a new genus within the family Pseudonocardiaceae. The name Sciscionella gen. nov. is proposed, with the novel species Sciscionella marina sp. nov. The type strain of Sciscionella marina is SCSIO 00231T (=KCTC 19433T =CCTCC AA208009T). %U https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.001982-0