@article{mbs:/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.044297-0, author = "Park, Sooyeon and Yoon, Jung-Hoon", title = "Hirschia litorea sp. nov., isolated from seashore sediment, and emended description of the genus Hirschia", journal= "International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology", year = "2013", volume = "63", number = "Pt_5", pages = "1684-1689", doi = "https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.044297-0", url = "https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.044297-0", publisher = "Microbiology Society", issn = "1466-5034", type = "Journal Article", abstract = "A Gram-negative, non-spore-forming, non-flagellated, coccoid-, oval- or rod-shaped strain, designated M-M23T, was isolated from seashore sediment at Geoje island, South Korea. Strain M-M23T grew optimally at 25 °C, at pH 7.0–8.0 and in the presence of 2 % (w/v) NaCl. Phylogenetic trees based on 16S rRNA gene sequences revealed that strain M-M23T clustered with the type strains of the two species of the genus Hirschia , with which it exhibited 97.6–98.1 % 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity. Sequence similarity with the type strains of other recognized species was <90.8 %. Strain M-M23T contained Q-10 as the predominant ubiquinone and C18 : 1ω7c and C16 : 0 as the major fatty acids. The major polar lipids of strain M-M23T were phosphatidylglycerol and two unidentified lipids. The DNA G+C content of strain M-M23T was 45.4 mol%. DNA–DNA relatedness between the isolate and Hirschia baltica DSM 5838T and Hirschia maritima JCM 14974T was 22±7.2 and 14±5.6 %, respectively. The differential phenotypic properties, together with the phylogenetic and genetic distinctiveness, revealed that strain M-M23T is separate from the other described members of the genus Hirschia . On the basis of the data presented, strain M-M23T is considered to represent a novel species of the genus Hirschia , for which the name Hirschia litorea sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is M-M23T ( = KCTC 32081T  = CCUG 62793T). An emended description of the genus Hirschia is also provided.", }