Pseudoalteromonas donghaensis sp. nov., isolated from seawater

A Gram-negative, rod-shaped, motile and aerobic bacterium, designated strain HJ51T, was isolated from a seawater sample from the East Sea, near South Korea. The isolate grew slowly at 4 °C, was able to grow at 40 °C, required NaCl and grew optimally at pH 6.5–7.0. The G+C content of the genomic DNA was 41.8 mol%. The major fatty acids were summed feature 4 (C16 : 1 ω7c and/or iso-C15 : 0 2-OH), C16 : 0 and summed feature 7 (C18 : 1 ω7c, C18 : 1 ω9t and/or C18 : 1 ω12t). Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences revealed that strain HJ51T belonged to the genus Pseudoalteromonas and had 91.7–98.9 % 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity with type strains of species of the genus Pseudoalteromonas. Strain HJ51T had 7.2 % DNA–DNA relatedness with Pseudoalteromonas mariniglutinosa DSM 15203T and 12.9 % with Pseudoalteromonas prydzensis DSM 14232T. On the basis of the phenotypic, phylogenetic and genomic data, strain HJ51T represents a novel species of the genus Pseudoalteromonas, for which the name Pseudoalteromonas donghaensis sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is HJ51T (=KCTC 22219T=LMG 24469T).