RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Wang, Yan A1 Liu, Tingwei A1 Ming, Hong A1 Sun, Pengyang A1 Cao, Chenxi A1 Guo, Menglong A1 Du, Junran A1 Zhou, Chenyan A1 Zhu, WulingYR 2018 T1 Thalassotalea atypica sp. nov., isolated from seawater, and emended description of Thalassotalea eurytherma JF International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, VO 68 IS 1 SP 271 OP 276 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.002495 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1466-5034, AB A novel Gram-stain-negative, straight or slightly curved rod-shaped, non-spore-forming, non-flagellated, strictly aerobic strain, designated RZG4-3-1T, was isolated from coastal seawater of Rizhao, China (119.625° E 35.517° N). The organism grew optimally at 24–28 °C, at pH 7.0 and in the presence of 2.0 % (w/v) NaCl. The strain required seawater or artificial seawater for growth, and NaCl alone did not support growth. Strain RZG4-3-1T contained ubiquinone 8 (Q-8) as the major respiratory quinone and contained C16 : 1 ω7c and/or C16 : 1 ω6c and C16 : 0 as the dominant fatty acids. The polar lipids of strain RZG4-3-1T were phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylglycerol and one unidentified aminophospholipid. The DNA G+C content of strain RZG4-3-1T was 40.1 mol%. Strain RZG4-3-1T exhibited the highest 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity value (96.0 %) to Thalassotalea eurytherma JCM 18482T. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that strain RZG4-3-1T belonged to the genus Thalassotalea . On the basis of polyphasic analyses, strain RZG4-3-1T represents a novel species of the genus Thalassotalea , for which the name Thalassotalea atypica sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is RZG4-3-1T (=JCM 31894T=KCTC 52745T=MCCC 1K03276T). An emended description of Thalassotalea eurytherma is also provided., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijsem.0.002495