Strain S02T was isolated from a surface sediment sample collected from the Bering Sea (64.3361° N, 170.9541° W). The cells were Gram-stain-negative, motile and rod-shaped. The temperature range for growth was 4-25 °C and the pH for growth was 5.5-9.0, with optimum growth occurring at 20-25 °C and pH 7.0-8.0. Growth occurred in the presence of 0-7 % (w/v) NaCl (optimum, 2-5 %). Strain S02T had menaquinone-8 as the major respiratory quinone and summed feature 8 (C18 : 1 ω7c and/or C18 : 1 ω6c), C16:0, C17 : 0 cyclo, summed feature 3 (C16 : 1 ω7c /C16 : 1 ω7c), C17 : 0 and C18 : 0 as major fatty acids. The major polar lipids were diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylglycerol and two glycolipids. The genomic DNA G+C content was approximately 63.8 mol%. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences indicated that strain S02T belonged to the genus Devosia. Strain S02T showed the highest sequence similarities to Devosia psychrophila Cr7-05T (97.5 %), Devosia naphthalenivorans CM5-1T (97.7 %), Devosia submarina KMM 9415T (97.4 %), Devosia epidermidihirudinis E84T (97.44 %), Devosia euplotis LIV5T (97.1 %) and Devosia limi DSM 17137T (96.7 %). On the basis of phylogenetic analyses and phenotypic characteristics, a novel species of the genus Devosia, Devosia beringensis sp. nov., is proposed, with the type strain S02T (=JCM 33772=CCTCC AB 2019343).
Keywords: 16S rRNA gene; Devosia; phylogenetic analysis.