<i>Shimia haliotis</i> sp. nov., a bacterium isolated from the gut of an abalone, <i>Haliotis discus hannai</i>

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<P>A novel Gram-stain-negative, motile, rod-shaped bacterium, designated strain WM35<SUP>T</SUP>, was isolated from the intestinal tract of an abalone, <I>Haliotis discus hannai</I>, which was collected from the northern coast of Jeju in Korea. The cells of the isolate grew optimally at 30 °C, pH 7, and with 3 % (w/v) NaCl. Based on 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity comparisons, strain WM35<SUP>T</SUP> was grouped in the genus <I>Shimia</I> and was closely related to the type strains of <I>Shimia isoporae</I> (98.7 % similarity) and <I>Shimia marina</I> (97.8 % similarity). The major cellular fatty acids were summed feature 8 and C<SUB>16 : 0</SUB> 2-OH. Ubiquinone Q-10 was the predominant respiratory quinone. The polar lipids of strain WM35<SUP>T</SUP> comprised phosphatidylcholine, phosphatidylglycerol, diphosphatidylglycerol, an unidentified aminolipid and an unidentified lipid. The DNA G+C content of the isolate was 53.8 mol%. DNA–DNA hybridization values indicated <16 % genomic relatedness with members of the genus <I>Shimia</I>. The physiological, chemical and genotypic analyses indicated that strain WM35<SUP>T</SUP> represents a novel species of the genus <I>Shimia</I>, for which the name <I>Shimia haliotis</I> sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is WM35<SUP>T</SUP> ( = KACC 17212<SUP>T</SUP> = JCM 18870<SUP>T</SUP>).</P>