RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Zheng, Yanfen A1 Wang, Yanan A1 Liu, Yan A1 Li, Wentao A1 Yu, Mingchao A1 Zhang, Xiao-HuaYR 2016 T1 Aquimarina hainanensis sp. nov., isolated from diseased Pacific white shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei larvae JF International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, VO 66 IS 1 SP 70 OP 75 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.000675 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1466-5034, AB One novel Gram-stain-negative, long rod-shaped, non-spore-forming, non-motile, non-flagellated and strictly aerobic strain, designated M124T, was isolated from diseased Pacific white shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei larvae. Growth occurred at 16–37 °C (optimum 28 °C), in the presence of 2–5 % (w/v) NaCl (optimum 3 %) and at pH 7–8 (optimum pH 7). Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences indicated that strain M124T belonged to the genus Aquimarina and showed highest sequence similarity to Aquimarina penaei P3-1T (96.4 %). The dominant fatty acids of the isolate were iso-C15 : 0 and iso-C17 : 0 3-OH. The major polar lipids comprised phosphatidylethanolamine, one unknown aminolipid, three unknown phospholipids, two unknown glycolipids and one unknown polar lipid. The major respiratory quinone was menaquinone 6 (MK-6). The DNA G+C content of strain M124T was 33.7 mol%. Based on the polyphasic analyses in this study, strain M124T is considered to represent a novel species of the genus Aquimarina, for which the name Aquimarina hainanensis sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is M124T ( = KCTC 42423T = MCCC 1K00498T)., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijsem.0.000675