Description of the first marine-isolated member of the under-represented phylum Gemmatimonadota, and the environmental distribution and ecogenomics of Gaopeijiales ord. nov.

ABSTRACT: The phylum Gemmatimonadota is widespread but rarely cultured and, in fact, there are only six described species isolated from soil, freshwater, and wastewater treatment. However, no isolates of Gemmatimonadota from marine environment have been described; thus, little is known about the physiology and metabolism of members of the marine lineages. In this study, four novel facultatively anaerobic bacterial strains belonging to Gemmatimonadota were isolated from marine sediments collected from Xiaoshi Island in Weihai, China, using an aerobic enrichment method. The integrated results of phylogenetic and phenotypic characteristics supported that these four strains represent one novel species in a novel genus, for which the name Gaopeijia maritima gen. nov., sp. nov.

SUBMITTER: Ye Y-Q 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11651109 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature