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Four strains (SYSU SYW-1, SYW-2, SYW-3 and XLW-1) were isolated from seawater near the shore in Guangdong Province, China. Cells were Gram-stain-negative, aerobic, non-motile and non-spore-forming. Growth was observed at a temperature range of 16–40 °C (optimum, 32 °C), a pH range of 4–8 (optimum, pH 7) and in the presence of up to 10 % (w/v) NaCl. The major polar lipids were diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylcholine, phosphatidylethanolamine and an unidentified phospholipid. The respiratory quinone was ubiquinone 8 (UQ-8), and the predominant fatty acids were C 3-OH, C, C and Cω9. Comparison of 16S rRNA gene and genome sequences confirmed that these strains represented a novel member of the genus , with less than 98.8 % 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity and less than 95 % genomic average nucleotide identity to recognized species. The phylogenetic tree based on 16S rRNA gene sequences and the protein-concatamer tree based on a concatenation of 28 protein marker sequences both indicated that the strains clustered with ‘’ TX07-7308 and ‘’ E95-16, but formed a distinct lineage group among the other members of the genus . The DNA G+C contents of the four strains were determined to be 32.9, 32.7, 32.9 and 32.9 %, respectively (genome). On the basis of phenotypic and genotypic features, the strains are considered to represent a novel species of the genus , for which the name sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is SYSU SYW-1 (=CGMCC 1.17031=NBRC 113781).

Funding
This study was supported by the:
  • Guangdong Province Ordinary Universities Characteristic Innovation Project (Award 2018KTSCX042)
    • Principle Award Recipient: Liang-Hui Li
  • Guangdong Province Science and Technology Planning Project (Award 2017A020215068)
    • Principle Award Recipient: Liang-Hui Li
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