title: Echinicola jeungdonensis sp. nov., isolated from a solar saltern.
abstract: A non-motile and yellow-pigmented bacterium, designated strain HMD3054(T), was isolated from a solar saltern in Jeungdo, Republic of Korea. The major fatty acids of strain HMD3054(T) were iso-C₁₅:₀ (31.4 %), anteiso-C₁₅:₀ (23.5 %), iso-C₁₇:₀ 3-OH (14.2 %), summed feature 3 (comprising C₁₆:₁ω6c and/or C₁₆:₁ω7c; 6.9 %) and summed feature 9 (comprising iso-C₁₇:₁ω9c and/or 10-methyl C₁₆:₀; 6.0 %). The major respiratory quinones were MK-6 and MK-7. The DNA G+C content of strain HMD3054(T) was 46.9 mol%. A phylogenetic tree based on 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that strain HMD3054(T) formed a lineage within the genus Echinicola. Strain HMD3054(T) was closely related to Echinicola vietnamensis KMM 6221(T) (94.3 % 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity) and Echinicola pacifica KMM 6172(T) (94.0 %). On the basis of the evidence presented in this study, strain HMD3054(T) represents a novel species of the genus Echinicola, for which the name Echinicola jeungdonensis sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is HMD3054(T) ( = KCTC 23122(T)  = CECT 7682(T)).
authors.affiliation: Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Gyeonggi, 449-791, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Haneul
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Department of Environmental Science, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon 200-701, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Yochan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Joung
authors.affiliation: Department of Environmental Science, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon 200-701, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Tae-Seok
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Ahn
authors.affiliation: Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Gyeonggi, 449-791, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Kiseong
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Joh
mesh_terms: D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D041963:Bacteroidetes / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000502:physiology; D001482:Base Composition; 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*; D007723:Korea; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D010860:Pigments, Biological / Q000378:metabolism; D011809:Quinones / Q000032:analysis; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D005227:Fatty Acids; D010860:Pigments, Biological; D011809:Quinones; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S