Mucilaginibacter flavus sp nov., isolated from wetland

A non-motile, pale yellow, colony-forming strain, designated HME6839(T), was isolated from the wetland of Jeju Island, Republic of Korea. The major fatty acids of strain HME6839T were summed feature 3 (comprising C-16:1 omega 6c and/or C-16:1 omega 7c), iso-C-15:0 and C-16:1 omega 5c. The DNA G+C content was 41.2 mol%. A phylogenetic tree based on 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that strain HME6839T formed a lineage within the genus Mucilaginibacter. Strain HME6857(T) was closely related to Mucilaginibacter dorajii (96.7%), Mucilaginibacter polysacchareus (96.5%) and Mucilaginibacter lappiensis (96.3%). On the basis of the chemotaxonomic and phylogenetic results presented in this study, strain HME6839(T) represents a novel species of the genus Mucilaginibacter, for which the name Mucilaginibacter flavus sp. nov., is proposed. The type strain is HME6839(T) (=KCTC 23441(T)=CECT 7857(T)).