Sulfuriroseicoccus Oceanibius Gen. Nov., Sp. Nov., A Representative of The Phylum Verrucomicrobia With A Special Cytoplasmic Membrane and A Proposal for Sulfuriroseicoccaceae Fam. Nov.

Abstract Here, we describe a novel bacterial strain from marine sediment, designated T37T, which was isolated from the marine sediment of Xiaoshi Island, PR China. Growth of strain T37T occurs at 15–40 ℃ (optimum, 37 ℃), pH 6.0–9.0 (optimum, 7.5), and in the presence of 0.5–5.5 % (w/v) NaCl (optimum, 1.5 %). Characteristic phenotypic traits of the novel strain include MK-9 as the major menaquinone. The major fatty acids identified were iso-C14:0 and C16:1 ω9c. Phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylglycerol, diphosphatidylglycerol, and phosphoglycolipids were the major cellular polar lipids. The G + C content of genomic DNA was 58.4 mol%. Unusual outer membrane features deduced from the analysis of cell morphology could have formed an enlarged periplasmic space putatively used for the digestion of macromolecules. Phylogenetic analyses based on 16S rRNA genes and the genome indicated that strain T37T represents a novel species and genus affiliated with a distinct family level lineage of the verrucomicrobial subdivision 1. Our polyphasic taxonomy approach places the novel strain in a new family within the class Verrucomicrobiae, for which the name Sulfuriroseicoccaceae fam. nov. is proposed. Strain T37T (= KCTC 72799T = MCCC 1H00391T) is the type strain, for which the name Sulfuriroseicoccus oceanibius gen. nov., sp. nov. is proposed.