%0 Journal Article %A Liu, Jianfeng %A Li, Jin %A Luo, Jixin %A Li, Yuanjin %A Yang, Zian %A Huang, Chengli %A Sun, Feilong %A Wang, Guanghua %T Sessilibacter corallicola gen. nov., sp. nov., a sessile bacterium isolated from coral Porites lutea %D 2022 %J International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, %V 72 %N 5 %@ 1466-5034 %C 005401 %R https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.005401 %K Porites lutea %K Sessilibacter corallicola %K taxonomy %I Microbiology Society, %X A Gram-stain-negative, non-spore-forming, motile, aerobic bacterium (strain C21T) was isolated from coral and identified using polyphasic identification approach. Global alignment of 16S rRNA gene sequences indicated that strain C21T shares 95.7 % sequence identity to its closest neighbour, Marinibactrum halimedae NBRC 110095T, followed by other type strains with identities of lower than 95 %. The average nucleotide identity and average amino acid identity values between strain C21T and M. halimedae NBRC 110095T were 69.6 and 64.8 %, respectively, indicating that strain C21T may represent a new species in a new genus. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene and phylogenomic results indicated that strain C21T forms a distinct branch in the family Cellvibrionaceae . Cellular fatty acids and polar lipids could also readily distinguish strain C21T from closely related type strains. Therefore, strain C21T is suggested to represent a new species in a new genus, for which the name Sessilibacter corallicola gen. nov., sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is C21T (=MCCC 1K03260T=KCTC 62317T). %U https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijsem.0.005401