title: Henriciella litoralis sp. nov., isolated from a tidal flat, transfer of Maribaculum marinum Lai et al. 2009 to the genus Henriciella as Henriciella aquimarina nom. nov. and emended description of the genus Henriciella.
abstract: A Gram-staining-negative, strictly aerobic bacterium, designated strain SD10(T), was isolated from a tidal flat of the Yellow Sea, South Korea. Cells were non-spore-forming rods that showed catalase- and oxidase-positive reactions. Growth of strain SD10(T) was observed at 15-40 °C (optimum, 25-30 °C), at pH 6.0-9.0 (optimum, pH 6.5-8.5) and in the presence of 1-10 % (w/v) NaCl. Strain SD10(T) contained ubiquinone-10 (Q-10) as a major isoprenoid quinone and C(18 : 1)ω7c (39.3 %), C(16 : 0) (20.2 %), C(17 : 0) (8.9 %) and C(17 : 1)ω6c (8.1 %) as major fatty acids. The cellular polar lipids were identified as phosphatidylglycerol, monoglycosyldiglyceride, glucuronopyranosyldiglyceride and two unidentified glycolipids. The G+C content of the genomic DNA was 55.2 mol%. Based on 16S rRNA gene sequence similarities, the strain was most closely related to Henriciella marina Iso4(T) and Maribaculum marinum P38(T), with similarities of 97.8 and 97.0 %, respectively. The DNA-DNA relatedness between strain SD10(T) and H. marina Iso4(T) was 12.0±3.2 %. A phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that M. marinum P38(T) and H. marina Iso4(T) formed a monophyletic cluster and that their 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity was 98.1 %. DNA-DNA hybridization between H. marina Iso4(T) and M. marinum LMG 24711(T) was 22.9±2.7 %, indicating that the two strains belong to separate species. On the basis of chemotaxonomic data and molecular properties, we propose that strain SD10(T) represents a novel species of the genus Henriciella, for which the name Henriciella litoralis sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is SD10(T) ( = KACC 13700(T)  = DSM 22014(T)). In addition, we propose to transfer Maribaculum marinum Lai et al. 2009 to the genus Henriciella as Henriciella aquimarina nom. nov. (type strain P38(T)  = CCTCC AB 208227(T)  = LMG 24711(T)  = MCCC 1A01086(T)), and we present an emended description of the genus Henriciella.
authors.affiliation: Department of Life Science and Research Center for Biomolecules and Biosystems, Chung-Ang University, Seoul 156-756, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Se Hee
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Department of Life Science and Research Center for Biomolecules and Biosystems, Chung-Ang University, Seoul 156-756, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Jae Kuk
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Shim
authors.affiliation: Department of Life Science and Research Center for Biomolecules and Biosystems, Chung-Ang University, Seoul 156-756, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Jeong Myeong
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: College of Pharmacy, Chung-Ang University, Seoul 156-756, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Hyung-Kyoon
authors.initials: HK
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.affiliation: Department of Life Science and Research Center for Biomolecules and Biosystems, Chung-Ang University, Seoul 156-756, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Che Ok
authors.initials: CO
authors.lastname: Jeon
mesh_terms: D000332:Aerobiosis; D020561:Alphaproteobacteria / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000502:physiology; D001482:Base Composition; D002374:Catalase / Q000378:metabolism; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000032:analysis; D019015:Geologic Sediments / Q000382:microbiology*; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D007723:Korea; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D010088:Oxidoreductases / Q000378:metabolism; D010743:Phospholipids / Q000032:analysis; D010802:Phylogeny; D011809:Quinones / Q000032:analysis; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D012965:Sodium Chloride / Q000378:metabolism; D013696:Temperature
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D005227:Fatty Acids; D010743:Phospholipids; D011809:Quinones; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; D012965:Sodium Chloride; D010088:Oxidoreductases; D002374:Catalase