RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Lai, Qiliang A1 Qiao, Nan A1 Wu, Changliang A1 Sun, Fengqin A1 Yuan, Jun A1 Shao, ZongzeYR 2010 T1 Stappia indica sp. nov., isolated from deep seawater of the Indian Ocean JF International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, VO 60 IS 4 SP 733 OP 736 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.013417-0 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1466-5034, AB A taxonomic study was carried out on strain B106T, which was isolated from a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon-degrading consortium, enriched with deep seawater from the Indian Ocean. The isolate was Gram-negative, oxidase- and catalase-positive, rod-shaped and motile by means of one polar flagellum. Growth was observed at salinities of 0.5–11 % and at temperatures of 4–42 °C, and the strain was capable of nitrate reduction, but was unable to degrade Tween 80 or gelatin. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences indicated that strain B106T belonged to the genus Stappia, with a highest sequence similarity of 97.7 % to Stappia stellulata IAM 12621T; similarity to other strains was below 95.2 %. DNA–DNA hybridization between strain B106T and S. stellulata IAM 12621T was 43 %. The major fatty acids were C16 : 0 (6.10 %), C18 : 1 ω7c (62.58 %), C18 : 0 (5.17 %), C18 : 1 ω7c 11-methyl (14.48 %) and C19 : 0 ω8c cyclo (4.70 %). The G+C content of the chromosomal DNA was 65.9 mol%. The combined genotypic and phenotypic data showed that strain B106T represents a novel species of the genus Stappia, for which the name Stappia indica sp. nov. is proposed, with the type strain B106T (=PR56-8T=CCTCC AB 208228T=LMG 24625T=MCCC 1A01226T)., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.013417-0