Janibacter indicus sp. nov., isolated from hydrothermal sediment of the Indian Ocean.

A Gram-staining-positive, aerobic and non-motile strain, 0704P10-1(T), was isolated from hydrothermal sediment of the Indian Ocean. Phylogenetic, phenotypic and chemotaxonomic data for the organism supported that it belonged to the genus Janibacter. Strain 0704P10-1(T) showed 97.2-98.7% 16S rRNA gene sequence similarities to the type strains of recognized members of the genus Janibacter. It contained meso-diaminopimelic acid as the diagnostic diamino acid in the cell wall. MK-8(H4) was the only menaquinone detected. The major fatty acids were iso-C16 : 0, C17 : 1ω8c and 10-methyl C17 : 0. Meanwhile, the results of DNA-DNA hybridization studies and other physiological and biochemical tests allowed the genotypic and phenotypic differentiation of strain 0704P10-1(T) from closely related species. Thus, strain 0704P10-1(T) represents a novel species of the genus Janibacter, for which the name Janibacter indicus sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is 0704P10-1(T) ( = LMG 27493(T) = CGMCC 1.12511(T)).