Open AccessAlteromonas indica Lin et al. 2018 is a later heterotypic synonym of Salinimonas sediminis Cao et al. 2018
Author(s) -
Junwei Cao,
Wanzhen Ding,
Qiliang Lai,
Yuli Wei,
Rulong Liu,
Li Wang,
Jiasong Fang
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
international journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.925
H-Index - 173
eISSN - 1466-5034
pISSN - 1466-5026
DOI - 10.1099/ijsem.0.003329
Subject(s) - biology , synonym (taxonomy) , alteromonas , microbiology and biotechnology , botany , bacteria , genus , genetics
Alteromonas indica IO390401 T was compared with Salinimonas sediminis N102 T to examine the taxonomic relationship between the two type strains. The 16S rRNA gene sequence of A. indica IO390401 T shared high similarity (99.9 %) with that of S. sediminis N102 T . The results of phylogenetic analyses based on 16S rRNA gene sequences indicated that the two strains formed a tight cluster within the genus Salinimonas. Whole genomic comparison between the two strains revealed an average nucleotide identity of 99.2 % and a digital DNA-DNA hybridization estimate of 92.6 %, strongly indicating that the two strains represented a single species. In addition, neither strain displayed any striking difference in metabolic, physiological or chemotaxonomic features. Therefore, we propose Alteromonas indica as a later heterotypic synonym of Salinimonas sediminis.