RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Chen, Yi-Guang A1 Zhang, Yu-Qin A1 Huang, Heng-Yu A1 Klenk, Hans-Peter A1 Tang, Shu-Kun A1 Huang, Ke A1 Chen, Qi-Hui A1 Cui, Xiao-Long A1 Li, Wen-JunYR 2009 T1 Halomonas zhanjiangensis sp. nov., a halophilic bacterium isolated from a sea urchin JF International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, VO 59 IS 11 SP 2888 OP 2893 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.010173-0 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1466-5034, AB A novel Gram-negative, slightly halophilic, catalase-positive, oxidase-negative, obligately aerobic, non-sporulating rod-shaped bacterium, designated strain JSM 078169T, was isolated from a sea urchin (Hemicentrotus pulcherrimus) collected from the South China Sea. Growth occurred with 1–20 % (w/v) total salts (optimum, 3–5 %), at pH 6.0–10.5 (optimum, pH 7.5) and at 4–40 °C (optimum, 25–30 °C). The major cellular fatty acids were C18 : 1 ω7c, C16 : 0 and C12 : 0 3-OH. The predominant respiratory quinone was Q-9 and the genomic DNA G+C content was 55.8 mol%. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences indicated that strain JSM 078169T should be assigned to the genus Halomonas. The sequence similarities between the isolate and the type strains of members of the genus Halomonas were in the range 92.4–97.0 %. The combination of phylogenetic analysis, DNA–DNA relatedness, phenotypic characteristics and chemotaxonomic data supported the view that strain JSM 078169T represents a novel species of the genus Halomonas, for which the name Halomonas zhanjiangensis sp. nov. is proposed, with JSM 078169T (=CCTCC AB 208031T=DSM 21076T=KCTC 22279T) as the type strain., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.010173-0