Description of Olleya aquimaris sp. nov., isolated from seawater, and emended description of the genus Olleya Mancuso Nichols et al. 2005

A Gram-stain-negative, non-flagellated, motile (by gliding), yellow-pigmented, rod-shaped bacterial strain, designated L-4^T, was isolated from seawater of Baekdo harbour in the East Sea, Korea. Strain L-4 ^T grew optimally at 37 °C, at pH 6.5-7.0 and in the presence of 2% (w/v) NaCl. Phylogenetic analyses based on 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that strain L-4^T clustered with Olleya marilimosa CAM030T, a member of the family Flavobacteriaceae. Strain L-4^T exhibited 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity values of 97.2% to O. marilimosa CAM030^T and less than 95.8% to other members of the family Flavobacteriaceae. Strain L-4 ^T and O. marilimosa CIP 108537^T contained MK-6 as the predominant menaquinone. The fatty acid and polar lipid profiles of strain L-4^T were similar to those of O. marilimosa CIP 108537^T. The DNA G+C content of strain L-4^T was 35 mol% and DNA-DNA relatedness between strain L-4^T and O. marilimosa CIP 108537 ^T was 7%. Differential phenotypic properties, together with its phylogenetic and genetic distinctiveness, enable strain L-4^T to be distinguished from O. marilimosa. On the basis of these data, strain L-4 ^T is considered to represent a novel species of the genus Olleya for which the name Olleya aquimaris sp. nov. is proposed; the type strain is L-4^T (=KCTC 22661^T =CCUG 58074^T). An emended description of the genus Olleya is also provided.