@article{mbs:/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijsem.0.001907, author = "Thongphrom, Chutimon and Kim, Jong-Hwa and Bora, Nagamani and Kim, Wonyong", title = "Tessaracoccus arenae sp. nov., isolated from sea sand", journal= "International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology", year = "2017", volume = "67", number = "6", pages = "2008-2013", doi = "https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.001907", url = "https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijsem.0.001907", publisher = "Microbiology Society", issn = "1466-5034", type = "Journal Article", keywords = "Actinobacteria", keywords = "Tessaracoccus arenosus", keywords = "sand", keywords = "Propionibacteriaceae", abstract = "A Gram-stain positive, non-spore-forming, non-motile, facultatively anaerobic bacterial strain, designated CAU 1319T, was isolated from sea sand and the strain’s taxonomic position was investigated using a polyphasic approach. Strain CAU 1319T grew optimally at 30 °C and at pH 7.5 in the presence of 2 % (w/v) NaCl. Phylogenetic analysis, based on the 16S rRNA gene sequence, revealed that strain CAU 1319T belongs to the genus Tessaracoccus , and is closely related to Tessaracoccus lapidicaptus IPBSL-7T (similarity 97.69 %), Tessaracoccus bendigoensis Ben 106T (similarity 95.64 %) and Tessaracoccus flavescens SST-39T (similarity 95.84 %). Strain CAU 1319T had ll-diaminopimelic acid as the diagnostic diamino acid in the cell-wall peptidoglycan, MK-9 (H4) as the predominant menaquinone, and anteiso-C15 : 0 as the major fatty acid. The polar lipids consisted of phosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylinositol, two unidentified aminolipids, three unidentified phospholipids and one unidentified glycolipid. Predominant polyamines were spermine and spermidine. The DNA–DNA hybridization value between strain CAU 1319T and T. lapidicaptus IPBSL-7T was 24 %±0.2. The DNA G+C content of the novel strain was 69.5 mol%. On the basis of phenotypic and chemotaxonomic properties, as well as phylogenetic relatedness, strain CAU 1319Tshould be classified as a novel species of the genus Tessaracoccus , for which the name Tessaracoccus arenae sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is CAU 1319T(=KCTC 39760T=NBRC 111973T).", }