A novel bacterium designated RR4-40T was isolated from a
biofilter of seawater recirculating aquaculture system in Busan,
South Korea. Cells are strictly aerobic, Gram-negative, irregular
short rod, non-motile, and oxidase- and catalase-negative.
Growth was observed at 15–30°C, 0.5–6% NaCl (w/v),
and pH 5.0–9.5. The strain grew optimally at 28°C, 3% salinity
(w/v), and pH 8.5. The phylogenetic analysis based on
16S rRNA gene sequences showed that strain RR4-40T was
most closely related to Marinirhabdus gelatinilytica NH83T
(94.16% of 16S rRNA gene similarity) and formed a cluster
with genera within the family Flavobacteriaceae. The values
of the average nucleotide identity (ANI), digital DNA-DNA
hybridization (dDDH), and average amino acid identity (AAI)
between genomes of strain RR4-40T and M. gelatinilytica
NH83T were 72.91, 18.2, and 76.84%, respectively, and the
values against the strains in the other genera were lower than
those. The major fatty acids were iso-C15:0 (31.34%), iso-C17:0
3-OH (13.65%), iso-C16:0 3-OH (10.61%), and iso-C15:1 G
(10.38%). The polar lipids comprised phosphatidylglycerol,
diphosphatidylglycerol, aminophospholipid, aminolipid, glycolipid,
and sphingolipid. The major respiratory quinone was
menaquinone-6 (MK-6) and the DNA G + C content of strain
RR4-40T was 37.4 mol%. According to the polyphasic analysis,
strain RR4-40T is considered to represent a novel genus within
the family Flavobacteriaceae, for which the name Rasiella
rasia gen. nov, sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is RR4-40T
(= KCTC 52650T = MCCC 1K04210T).
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