RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 McCauley, Erin P. A1 Haltli, Brad A1 Kerr, Russell G.YR 2015 T1 Description of Pseudobacteriovorax antillogorgiicola gen. nov., sp. nov., a bacterium isolated from the gorgonian octocoral Antillogorgia elisabethae, belonging to the family Pseudobacteriovoracaceae fam. nov., within the order Bdellovibrionales JF International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, VO 65 IS Pt_2 SP 522 OP 530 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.066266-0 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1466-5034, AB A bacterial strain designated RKEM611T was isolated from the octocoral Antillogorgia elisabethae, collected off the coast of San Salvador, The Bahamas. The strain is Gram-stain-negative, an obligate aerobe, and pleomorphic. It requires NaCl for growth and exhibits optimal growth at 1–2 % (w/v) NaCl, 30–37 °C and pH 6.0–8.0. The predominant cellular fatty acids are C16 : 1ω5c and C16 : 0; the major respiratory quinone is menaquinone MK-6, and the DNA G+C content is 46.3 mol%. Based on phylogenetic analysis of the 16S rRNA gene, in addition to phenotypic characteristics, RKEM611T represents a novel species and genus of a novel family within the order Bdellovibrionales . The names Pseudobacteriovoracaceae fam. nov. and Pseudobacteriovorax antillogorgiicola gen., nov., sp., nov. are proposed. Isolate RKEM611T ( = NCCB 100521T = LMG 28452T) is the type strain., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.066266-0