%0 Journal Article %A Thongphrom, Chutimon %A Kim, Jong-Hwa %A Yoon, Jung-Hoon %A Bora, Nagamani %A Kim, Wonyong %T Marimonas arenosa gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from sea sand %D 2017 %J International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, %V 67 %N 1 %P 121-126 %@ 1466-5034 %R https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.001581 %K sea sand %K Alphaproteobacteria %K Marimonas arenosa %I Microbiology Society, %X A Gram-stain-negative, non-motile, non-spore-forming, aerobic and short rod-shaped bacterial strain, CAU 1311T, was isolated from sea sand in the Republic of Korea. Strain CAU 1311T grew at temperatures from 20–37 °C, in the range of pH 6.5–10.0, and under various NaCl concentrations from 0–6 % (w/v). Phylogenetic analysis based on the 16S rRNA gene sequence of CAU 1311T showed that it formed a distinct lineage within the family Rhodobacteraceae as a separate deep branch, with 96.2 % or lower sequence identity to representatives of the genera Marivita , Aestuariivita , Mameliella , Sulfitobacter and Maritimibacter . The major fatty acid was C18  : 1 ω7c and the predominant respiratory quinone was Q-10. The major polar lipids were phosphatidylcholine, phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylglycerol, an unidentified aminolipid and an unidentified glycolipid. The DNA G+C content was 60.7 mol%. On the basis of genotypic, phenotypic and chemotaxanomic findings, strain CAU 1311T could be classified as representing a novel species of a new genus of the family Rhodobacteraceae , for which the name Marimonas arenosa gen. nov., sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain of the type species is CAU 1311T (=KCTC 52189T=NBRC 111988T). %U https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijsem.0.001581