RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Chen, Li-Ping A1 Xu, Hai-Ying A1 Fu, Song-Zhe A1 Fan, Hong-Xia A1 Zhou, Yu-Guang A1 Liu, Zhi-PeiYR 2009 T1 Lishizhenia tianjinensis sp. nov., isolated from coastal seawater JF International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, VO 59 IS 10 SP 2400 OP 2403 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.008524-0 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1466-5034, AB A Gram-negative, non-carbohydrate-utilizing, non-flagellated, motile, flexible, long rod-shaped, orange-pigmented bacterium, strain H6T, was isolated from coastal seawater of Tianjin City, China, and its taxonomic position was investigated by using a polyphasic approach. Strain H6T grew optimally at 30 °C, in the presence of 2.0 % (w/v) NaCl and at pH 7.6. Menaquinone-6 (MK-6) was the sole respiratory quinone and the major fatty acids were iso-C15 : 0 (36.5 % of the total), iso-C15 : 1 (27.3 %) and iso-C17 : 0 3-OH (10.8 %). The DNA G+C content of strain H6T was 34.6 mol%. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences demonstrated that strain H6T was related most closely to Lishizhenia caseinilytica JCM 13821T (97.8 % similarity). DNA–DNA relatedness between the two strains was 47.4 %. Strain H6T could be further differentiated from L. caseinilytica JCM 13821T based on activity of several enzymes, hydrolysis of casein and Tweens 40, 60 and 80 and production of H2S. On the basis of phenotypic, chemotaxonomic, genomic and phylogenetic data, strain H6T is considered to represent a novel species of the genus Lishizhenia, for which the name Lishizhenia tianjinensis sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is H6T (=CGMCC 1.7005T =JCM 15141T)., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.008524-0