Sphingopyxis jiangsuensis sp. nov. Isolated From the Surface Water of the Yellow Sea

A novel bacterium, designated strain XHP0097^T, was isolated from the surface water of the Yellow Sea, China. The cells were Gram-stain-negative, aerobic, rod-shaped, yellow-colored, and non-motile on 2216E agar. Optimal growth of strain XHP0097^T occurs at 28 °C and pH 7.0 with the presence of NaCl concentration 2% (w/v). According to the analysis of comparative 16S rRNA gene sequence, strain XHP0097^T showed the highest 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity with Sphingopyxis panaciterrulae KCTC 22112^T (98.2%). Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences as well as on 120 ubiquitous single-copy protein-coding genes supported that strain XHP0097^T formed a distinct phyletic lineage as a new species within the genus Sphingopyxis. Strain XHP0097^T showed an average nucleotide identity value and a digital DNA-DNA hybridization (dDDH) of 79.1-81.7% and 21.9-24.4% to the members of the genus Sphingopyxis, respectively. According to genome sequence, the DNA G + C content of XHP0097^T was 64.8%. The major fatty acids (>10%) were C_16:0 (17.5%), summed feature 3 (C_16:1ω7c and/or C_16:1ω6c) (15.1%), and summed feature 8 (C_18:1ω7c and/or C_18:1ω6c) (19.2%). The major polar lipids of strain XHP0097^T were phosphatidylcholine (PC), phosphatidylethanolamine (PE), phosphatidylglycerol (PG), diphosphatidylglycerol (DPG), and sphingoglycolipid (SGL). Q-10 was the predominant respiratory quinone. Characteristics of physiological and biochemical, phylogenetic, and chemotaxonomic analysis demonstrated the isolate XHP0097^T represents a novel species of the genus Sphingopyxis, for which the name Sphingopyxis jiangsuensis sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is XHP0097^T (=MCCC 1K05845^T = GDMCC 1.2415^T = JCM 34678^T).