RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Yuan, Jun A1 Lai, Qiliang A1 Wang, Baojiang A1 Sun, Fengqin A1 Liu, Xiupian A1 Du, Yaping A1 Li, Guangyu A1 Gu, Li A1 Zheng, Tianling A1 Shao, ZongzeYR 2009 T1 Oceanicola pacificus sp. nov., isolated from a deep-sea pyrene-degrading consortium JF International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, VO 59 IS 5 SP 1158 OP 1161 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.003400-0 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1466-5034, AB A taxonomic study was carried out on a Gram-negative, rod-shaped, non-motile, halophilic bacterium, designated strain W11-2BT, which was isolated from a pyrene-degrading consortium that was enriched from sediment from the Pacific Ocean. Growth was observed at salinities of 0.5–10 % and at temperatures of 10–41 °C. Strain W11-2BT was unable to degrade Tween 80 or gelatin. 16S rRNA gene sequence comparisons showed that strain W11-2BT was related most closely to Oceanicola nanhaiensis SS011B1-20T (95.8 % similarity) and Oceanicola batsensis HTCC2597T (95.7 %); levels of 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity between strain W11-2BT and the type strains of other species tested were below 95.2 %. The dominant fatty acids of strain W11-2BT were C18 : 1 ω7c (32.1 % of the total), C19 : 0 cyclo (20.9 %), C18 : 1 ω7c 11-methyl (19.5 %), C18 : 0 (7.3 %), C17 : 0 (6.6 %) and C16 : 0 (3.8 %). The G+C content of the chromosomal DNA was 64.6 mol%. The above data were in good agreement with those of members of the genus Oceanicola. Based on morphology, physiology, fatty acid composition and 16S rRNA gene sequence data, strain W11-2BT is considered to represent a novel species of the genus Oceanicola, for which the name Oceanicola pacificus sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is W11-2BT (=CCTCC AB 208224T=LMG 24619T=MCCC 1A01034T)., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.003400-0