@article{mbs:/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.008193-0, author = "Lai, Qiliang and Yuan, Jun and Shao, Zongze", title = "Altererythrobacter marinus sp. nov., isolated from deep seawater", journal= "International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology", year = "2009", volume = "59", number = "12", pages = "2973-2976", doi = "https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.008193-0", url = "https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.008193-0", publisher = "Microbiology Society", issn = "1466-5034", type = "Journal Article", keywords = "BChl a, bacteriochlorophyll a", abstract = "A taxonomic study was carried out on strain H32T, which was isolated from a crude-oil-degrading consortium enriched from deep seawater of the Indian Ocean. The 16S rRNA gene sequence of strain H32T showed highest similarity to that of Altererythrobacter luteolus SW-109T (96.7 %); lower similarities were observed with other members of the genus Altererythrobacter (94.7–95.7 %) and with members of the genera Erythrobacter (94.5–96.3 %), Erythromicrobium (94.9 %) and Porphyrobacter (94.3–95.3 %). Phylogenetic analyses of all members of the family Erythrobacteraceae and several members of the family Sphingomonadaceae revealed that strain H32T formed a clade within the genus Altererythrobacter. The dominant fatty acids were C16 : 0 (6.7 %), C18 : 1 ω7c (44.3 %) and 11-methyl C18 : 1 ω7c (25.4 %). The major respiratory quinone was ubiquinone 10. The DNA G+C content was 66.5 mol%. Strain H32T did not contain bacteriochlorophyll a. These characteristics are in good agreement with those of members of the genus Altererythrobacter. Therefore, according to its morphology, physiology, fatty acid composition and 16S rRNA gene sequence data, strain H32T belongs to the genus Altererythrobacter, but can be readily distinguished from known Altererythrobacter species. It is therefore proposed that strain H32T represents a novel species, Altererythrobacter marinus sp. nov., with H32T (=CCTCC AB 208229T =LMG 24629T =MCCC 1A01070T) as the type strain.", }