RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Hetharua, Buce A1 Min, Derong A1 Liao, Hu A1 Lin, Li'an A1 Xu, Hong A1 Tian, YunYR 2018 T1 Litorivita pollutaquae gen. nov., sp. nov., a marine bacterium in the family Rhodobacteraceae isolated from surface seawater of Xiamen Port, China JF International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, VO 68 IS 12 SP 3908 OP 3913 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.003084 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1466-5034, AB A Gram-stain-negative Rhodobacterales strain, designated as FSX-11T, was isolated from surface seawater of Xiamen port in China. Strain FSX-11T showed less than 96.5 % 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity to the type strains of species with validly published names. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences revealed that the novel isolate formed a distinct monophyletic clade within the family Rhodobacteriaceae and clustered distantly with the genera Thalassobius and Marivita . Cells of strain FSX-11T were non-motile, oval-shaped and facultative anaerobic. Optimal growth occurred at 20–30 °C, at pH 7.0–8.0 and in the presence of 2–3 % NaCl (w/v). The major respiratory quinone was ubiquinone-10. Summed feature 8 (C18 : 1 ω7c and/or C18 : 1 ω6c), 11-methyl C18 : 1ω7c and C16 : 0 were the major fatty acids. The DNA G+C content of strain FSX-11T was 58.7 mol%. On the basis of phylogenetic analysis, phenotypic and chemotaxonomic characteristics and 16S rRNA gene signature nucleotide patterns, strain FSX-11T represents a novel species in a novel genus within the family Rhodobacteraceae , for which the name Litorivita pollutaquae gen. nov., sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is FSX-11T (=JCM 32715T=MCCC 1K03503T)., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijsem.0.003084