Echinicola Jeungdonensis Sp. Nov., Isolated from a Solar Saltern

A non-motile and yellow-pigmented bacterium, designated strain HMD3054(T), was isolated from a solar saltern in Jeungdo, Republic of Korea. The major fatty acids of strain HMD3054(T) were iso-C₁₅:₀ (31.4 %), anteiso-C₁₅:₀ (23.5 %), iso-C₁₇:₀ 3-OH (14.2 %), summed feature 3 (comprising C₁₆:₁ω6c and/or C₁₆:₁ω7c; 6.9 %) and summed feature 9 (comprising iso-C₁₇:₁ω9c and/or 10-methyl C₁₆:₀; 6.0 %). The major respiratory quinones were MK-6 and MK-7. The DNA G+C content of strain HMD3054(T) was 46.9 mol%. A phylogenetic tree based on 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that strain HMD3054(T) formed a lineage within the genus Echinicola. Strain HMD3054(T) was closely related to Echinicola vietnamensis KMM 6221(T) (94.3 % 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity) and Echinicola pacifica KMM 6172(T) (94.0 %). On the basis of the evidence presented in this study, strain HMD3054(T) represents a novel species of the genus Echinicola, for which the name Echinicola jeungdonensis sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is HMD3054(T) ( = KCTC 23122(T)  = CECT 7682(T)).