Tenacibaculum xiamenense sp. nov., an algicidal bacterium isolated from coastal seawater.

A Gram-stain-negative, elongated rod-shaped, yellow-pigmented, aerobic bacterial strain, designated WJ-1(T), was isolated from coastal seawater in Xiamen, Fujian province, China. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences revealed that strain WJ-1(T) fell within the genus Tenacibaculum and was most closely associated with Tenacibaculum aestuarii SMK-4(T) (96.7% 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity); lower similarities were shown to other members of the genus Tenacibaculum (<96.2%). The strain formed a distinct lineage with Tenacibaculum litopenaei B-I(T) (96.0%), Tenacibaculum geojense YCS-6(T) (94.5%) and Tenacibaculum jejuense CNURIC 013(T) (95.4%). Growth was observed at temperatures from 16 to 38 °C, at salinities from 2 to 4% and at pH 6-9. The major fatty acids were summed feature 3 (C(16:1)ω6c and/or C(16 1)ω7c), iso-C(17:0) 3-OH, iso-C(15:0) and iso-C(15:0) 3-OH. The DNA G+C content of strain WJ-1(T) was 33.2 mol% and the major respiratory quinone was menaquinone-6 (MK-6). Differential phenotypic properties and phylogenetic distinctiveness in this study distinguished strain WJ-1(T) from all other members of the genus Tenacibaculum. According to the morphology, physiology, fatty acid composition and 16S rRNA gene sequence data, strain WJ-1(T) represents a novel species of the genus Tenacibaculum, for which the name Tenacibaculum xiamenense sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is WJ-1(T) ( =CGMCC 1.12378(T) =LMG 27422(T)).