Pelagivirga dicentrarchi sp. nov., a member of the family Rhodobacteraceae isolated from the gut microflora of sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax L.)

A Gram-stain negative, aerobic, non-flagellated, non-gliding, rod-shaped bacterium, designated strain YLY04T, was isolated from the gut microflora of a sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax L.) collected from the coast of Yuanyao Wharf, Weihai, China. Growth was found to occur at pH 6.0–9.0 (optimum, 7.0–8.0), 4–37 °C (optimum, 28–30 °C) in the presence of 0–11.0% (w/v) NaCl (optimum, 3.0–4.0%). Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences indicated that strain YLY04T is closely related to Pelagivirga sediminicola BH-SD19T and Roseovarius antarcticus M-S13-148T. Strain YLY04T contains ubiquinone-10 as the sole respiratory quinone and summed feature 8 (C18:1ω7c and/or C18:1ω6c), cyclo-C19:0ω8c, C16:0 and 11-methyl-C18:1ω7c as the major fatty acids. The polar lipids of strain YLY04T were found to consist of diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylcholine, an unidentified aminolipid, an unidentified phospholipid and three unidentified lipids. The DNA G+C content was determined to be 62.7 mol%. The phenotypic, chemotaxonomic and phylogenetic properties, and genome analysis, indicated that strain YLY04T represents a novel species within the genus Pelagivirga, for which the name Pelagivirga dicentrarchi sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is YLY04T (= MCCC 1H00334T = KCTC 62452T).