Ferrimonas marina sp nov.

A novel Ferrimonas species is described on the basis of phenotypic, chemotaxonomic and phylogenetic studies. Four halophilic organisms were isolated from marine sand and marine macroalgae samples by using high-pH marine agar 2216. An analysis of the nearly complete 16S rRNA gene sequences of these new isolates indicated that they were phylogenetically close (16S rRNA gene sequence similarity > 99(.)5%, gyrB gene sequence similarity > 97(.)8%), and were most closely related to Ferrimonas balearica (16S rRNA gene sequence similarity 97(.)1-97(.)3%, gyrB gene sequence similarity 84(.)4-85(.)0%). Chemotaxonomic data (major menaquinone MK7; major fatty acids C-16:0 and C-18:1(omega 9c) supported the affiliation of the new isolates to the genus Ferrimonas. The results of physiological and biochemical tests allowed phenotypic differentiation of the isolates from F balearica. It is therefore proposed that the new isolates represent a novel species with the name Ferrimonas marina sp. nov. and type strain A4D-4(T) (=MBIC06480(T) =DSM 16917(T)).