Inhella crocodyli sp. nov., isolated from a crocodile pond.

Strain CCP-18T, isolated from a freshwater pond in Taiwan, was characterized by using a polyphasic taxonomy approach. Phylogenetic analyses based on 16S rRNA gene sequences indicated that strain CCP-18T belongs to the genus Inhella and has the highest levels of sequence similarity with respect to Inhella inkyongensis IMCC1713T (98.9 %) and Inhella fonticola TNR-25T (98.0 %). Cells were Gram-stain-negative, aerobic, motile, rod-shaped and formed white-coloured colonies. Optimal growth occurred at 25 °C, pH 6 and in the absence of NaCl. The major fatty acids of strain CCP-18T were summed feature 3 (comprising C16 : 1ω7c and/or C16 : 1ω6c) and C16 : 0. The polar lipid profile consisted of phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylglycerol, diphosphatidylglycerol, two unidentified aminophospholipids, an unidentified phospholipid, an unidentified aminolipid and an unidentified lipid. The predominant polyamine was putrescine. The major isoprenoid quinone was Q-8. The draft genome was approximately 3.76 Mb in size with a G+C content of 68.9 mol%. The DNA-DNA hybridization values for strain CCP-18Twith I.inkyongensis IMCC1713T and I.nhella fonticola TNR-25T were less than 40 %. Based on the phylogenetic and phenotypic data, strain CCP-18T should be classified within the genus Inhella as a representative of a novel species, named Inhella crocodyli sp. nov. The type strain is CCP-18T (=BCRC 81120T=LMG 30595T=KCTC 62511T).