Confluentibacter citreus sp. nov., isolated from lake sediment, and emended description of the genus Confluentibacter

A Gram-stain-negative, non-gliding, aerobic and rod-shaped bacterium, designated XJNY T , was isolated from Sayram Lake (44° 30' 30.41″ N 81° 12' 39.55″ E), Xinjiang Province, north-west China, and was characterized taxonomically by a polyphasic study. Strain XJNY T grew at salinities of 0-4 % (w/v) and temperatures of 4-37 °C. The pH range for growth was 6.5-8.5. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that strain XJNY T belonged to the genus Confluentibacter and was closely related to the type strain of Confluentibacter lentus with 97.8 % similarity. The DNA G+C content was 34.5 mol%. The major fatty acids were iso-C15 : 0, iso-C15 : 1 G, anteiso-C15 : 0, iso-C15 : 0 3-OH, C17 : 0 2-OH and iso-C17 : 0 3-OH. The major respiratory isoprenoid quinone was menaquinone-6 (MK-6) and the polar lipids were phosphatidylethanolamine, an unidentified phospholipid, two unidentified aminolipids and four unidentified lipids. On the basis of morphological, physiological and molecular properties and phylogenetic distinctiveness, strain XJNY T represents a novel species within the genus Confluentibacter, for which the name Confluentibactercitreus sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is XJNY T (=KCTC 52638 T =MCCC 1H00183 T ).