RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Zhang, Gaiyun A1 Jiao, Kailin A1 Xie, Fuquan A1 Pei, Shengxiang A1 Jiang, LiYR 2019 T1 Paracoccus subflavus sp. nov., isolated from Pacific Ocean sediment JF International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, VO 69 IS 5 SP 1472 OP 1476 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.003344 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1466-5034, AB A Gram-stain-negative, short rod-shaped, non-motile, catalase- and oxidase-positive, aerobic bacterium, designated GY0581T, was isolated from marine sediment sampled from the Western Pacific Ocean. Phylogenetic analyses based on 16S rRNA gene sequences indicated that strain GY0581T belonged to the genus Paracoccus and had the highest levels of sequence similarity to Paracoccus sediminis JCM 18467T (98.2 %). Levels of similarity between strain GY0581T and other Paracoccus species were lower than 97.0 %. The average nucleotide identity and the DNA–DNA hybridization values between strain GY0581T and P. sediminis JCM 18467T were 83.9 and 27 %, respectively, which are below the respective thresholds for species differentiation. The major cellular fatty acid was C18 : 1ω7c (79.5 %). The only isoprenoid quinone was Q-10. The polar lipid pattern indicated the presence of diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylcholine, three unidentified phospholipids, three unidentified aminolipids, one unidentified glycolipid and two unidentified lipids. The DNA G+C content of strain GY0581T was 65.6 mol%. On the basis of polyphasic characterization, it is concluded that strain GY0581T represents a novel species of the genus Paracoccus , for which the name Paracoccus subflavus sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is GY0581T (=KCTC 42710T=MCCC 1A10575T)., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijsem.0.003344