Vibrio sinensis sp. nov. and Vibrio viridaestus sp. nov., two marine bacteria isolated from the East China Sea.

Two Gram-staining-negative, facultatively anaerobic, motile, short clavate and flagellated marine bacteria, designated strains BEI233T and LJC006T, were isolated from the East China Sea. On the basis of the results of 16S rRNA gene sequencing and multilocus sequence analysis, BEI233T and LJC006T should be assigned to the genus Vibrio. The closest phylogenetic relatives of BEI233T are Vibrio scophthalmi LMG 19158T (98.7 % 16S rRNA gene sequence pairwise similarity), Vibrio ichthyoenteri DSM 14397T (98.5 %), Vibrio renipiscarius KCTC 42287T (97.7 %), Vibrio aestuarianus ATCC 35048T (97.3 %) and Vibrio thalassae MD16T (96.5 %), whereas for LJC006T they were Vibrio furnissii CAIM 518T (97.1 %), Vibrio fluvialis LMG 7894T (97.0%), Vibrio tritonius JCM 16456T (96.9 %) and Vibrio xuii LMG 21346T (96.1 %). The growth of BEI233T occurred at 10-37 °C, pH 5.0-8.0 and with 1-7 % (w/v) NaCl, while the growth of LJC006T occurred at 10-37 °C, pH 6.0-9.0, and 0-8 % (w/v) NaCl. The predominant fatty acids (>10 %) were summed feature 3 (C16 : 1ω7c or/and C16 : 1ω6c), C16 : 0 and summed feature 8 (C18 : 1ω7c or/and C18 : 1ω6c), with different proportions. The DNA G+C contents of BEI233T and LJC006T are 42.41 mol% and 41.88 mol%, respectively. On the basis of the results of polyphasic analysis, BEI233T and LJC006T are considered to represent novel species of the genus Vibrio, for which the names Vibrio sinensis sp. nov. and Vibrio viridaestus sp. nov. are proposed. The type strains are BEI233T (=JCM 32692T=KCTC 62618T) and LJC006T (=JCM 32693T=KCTC 62620T), respectively.