RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Song, Lei A1 Liu, Hongcan A1 Cai, Shichun A1 Huang, Ying A1 Dai, Xin A1 Zhou, YuguangYR 2018 T1 Alcanivorax indicus sp. nov., isolated from seawater JF International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, VO 68 IS 12 SP 3785 OP 3789 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.003058 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1466-5034, AB A Gram-stain-negative, motile, rod-shaped bacterium, designated SW127T, was isolated from a seawater sample collected from the Indian Ocean. Strain SW127T was aerobic, catalase- and oxidase-positive, and grew at 8–42 °C (optimum, 30 °C), at pH 5.5–9.0 (optimum, pH 7.5) and in the presence of 0.5–11.0 % (w/v) NaCl (optimum, 3.0–4.0 %). Comparative analysis of 16S rRNA gene sequences indicated that strain SW127T belonged to the genus Alcanivorax , and closely related to Alcanivorax pacificus MCCC 1A00474T (96.7 % sequence similarity). The predominant cellular fatty acids of strain SW127T were C16 : 0 and summed feature 8 (comprising C18 : 1ω7c and/or C18 : 1ω6c). Strain SW127T contained phosphatidylethanolamine and phosphatidylglycerol as the major polar lipids. The genomic DNA G+C content of strain SW127T was 62.8 mol%. On the basis of its phenotypic characteristics and phylogenetic data, strain SW127T represents a novel species of the genus Alcanivorax , for which the name Alcanivorax indicus sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is SW127T (=CGMCC 1.16233T=KCTC 62652T)., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijsem.0.003058