RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Lau, Stanley C. K. A1 Tsoi, Mandy M. Y. A1 Li, Xiancui A1 Plakhotnikova, Ioulia A1 Dobretsov, Sergey A1 Wu, Madeline A1 Wong, Po-Keung A1 Pawlik, Joseph R. A1 Qian, Pei-YuanYR 2006 T1 Stenothermobacter spongiae gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the family Flavobacteriaceae isolated from a marine sponge in the Bahamas, and emended description of Nonlabens tegetincola JF International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, VO 56 IS 1 SP 181 OP 185 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.63908-0 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1466-5034, AB A bacterial strain, UST030701-156T, was isolated from a marine sponge in the Bahamas. Strain UST030701-156T was orange-pigmented, Gram-negative, rod-shaped with tapered ends, slowly motile by gliding and strictly aerobic. The predominant fatty acids were a15 : 0, i15 : 0, i15 : 0 3-OH, i17 : 0 3-OH, i17 : 1ω9c and summed feature 3, comprising i15 : 0 2-OH and/or 16 : 1ω7c. MK-6 was the only respiratory quinone. Flexirubin-type pigments were not produced. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences placed UST030701-156T within a distinct lineage in the family Flavobacteriaceae, with 93·3 % sequence similarity to the nearest neighbour, Nonlabens tegetincola. The DNA G+C content of UST030701-156T was 41·0 mol% and was much higher than that of N. tegetincola (33·6 mol%). Strain UST030701-156T can be distinguished from other members of the Flavobacteriaceae by means of a number of chemotaxonomic and phenotypic characteristics. It is proposed, therefore, that UST030701-156T represents a novel taxon designated Stenothermobacter spongiae gen. nov., sp. nov. The type strain is UST030701-156T (=NRRL B-41138T=JCM 13191T). Carbon-source utilization by N. tegetincola was re-examined and an emended description is therefore included., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.63908-0