RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Park, Seong Chan A1 Hwang, Yeoung Min A1 Choe, Han Na A1 Baik, Keun Sik A1 Kim, Hyangmi A1 Seong, Chi NamYR 2013 T1 Algibacter aquimarinus sp. nov., isolated from a marine environment, and reclassification of Pontirhabdus pectinivorans as Algibacter pectinivorans comb. nov. JF International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, VO 63 IS Pt_6 SP 2038 OP 2042 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.045815-0 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1466-5034, AB An orange-coloured, rod-shaped, Gram-reaction-negative and aerobic bacterial strain, designated KYW589T, was isolated from seawater collected from Gwangyang Bay, Republic of Korea. The isolate required sea salts for growth. Gliding motility was observed. Flexirubin-type pigments were absent. Major cellular fatty acids (>10 % of the total) were iso-C15 : 0, iso-C17 : 0 3-OH, iso-C15 : 1 G, C16 : 0, iso-C15 : 0 3-OH and C18 : 0. The main polar lipids were phosphatidylethanolamine, two unidentified aminolipids and two unidentified lipids. The predominant isoprenoid quinone was MK-6. The DNA G+C content was 38.6±0.7 mol% (mean±sd of three determinations). Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences indicated that strain KYW589T belongs to the family Flavobacteriaceae , and was related to the genus Algibacter . Based on data from a study using a polyphasic taxonomic approach, it is proposed that strain KYW589T represents a novel species belonging to the genus Algibacter , for which the name Algibacter aquimarinus sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is KYW589T ( = KCTC 23928T  = JCM 18287T). Reclassification of Pontirhabdus pectinivorans Yi et al. 2011 to the genus Algibacter , as Algibacter pectinivorans comb. nov. (type strain JC2675T  = KACC 14153T  = JCM 17107T), is also proposed., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.045815-0