RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Lau, Ken W. K. A1 Ren, Jianping A1 Fung, Ming-Chiu A1 Woo, Patrick C. Y. A1 Yuen, Kwok-Yung A1 Chan, Kelvin K. M. A1 Qian, Pei-Yuan A1 Wong, Po-Keung A1 Wu, MadelineYR 2007 T1 Fangia hongkongensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel gammaproteobacterium of the order Thiotrichales isolated from coastal seawater of Hong Kong JF International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, VO 57 IS 11 SP 2665 OP 2669 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.65156-0 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1466-5034, AB A Gram-negative, coccobacillus-shaped, aerobic bacterium, designated strain UST040201-002T, was isolated in February 2004 from seawater at the outlet of a sandfilter in Port Shelter, Hong Kong SAR, China. This strain possessed ubiquinone-8; its 16S rRNA gene sequence shared only 91 % similarity with the sequence from Caedibacter taeniospiralis and 89–90 % similarity with sequences from Francisella tularensis, Francisella novicida, Francisella philomiragia and Wolbachia persica. 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis showed that the strain formed a distinct clade with C. taeniospiralis. This subcluster formed a tight coherent group with members of the family Francisellaceae and W. persica. Combined phylogenetic and physiological data suggest that strain UST040201-002T represents a novel genus and species within the order Τhiotrichales. The name Fangia hongkongensis gen. nov., sp. nov. is proposed; the type strain is UST040201-002T (=JCM 14605T=NRRL B-41860T)., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.65156-0