sp. nov. and sp. nov., isolated from seawater of the Yellow Sea.

Two novel Gram-stain-negative, aerobic, non-motile and rod-shaped bacteria, designated as WL0004 and XHP0148, were isolated from seawater samples collected from the coastal areas of Nantong and Lianyungang, PR China, respectively. Both strains were found to grow at 10-42 °C (optimum, 37 °C) and with 2.0-5.

gen. nov., sp. nov., a bacterium in the family isolated from seawater.

A Gram-stain-negative, yellow-pigmented, non-motile, rod-shaped, catalase-positive, strictly aerobic marine bacterium, designated XHP0103, was isolated from seawater collected from the southern Yellow Sea, PR China (34° 45' 53″ N 119° 25' 30″ E). Strain XHP0103 grew optimally at 28 °C, pH 7.5 and in 1.

Description of Limnobaculum eriocheiris sp. nov., an intestinal bacterium of Eriocheir sinensis, and reclassification of the genera Jinshanibacter and Insectihabitans as Limnobaculum.

A Gram-stain-negative, aerobic, non-motile and rod-shaped strain, designated LJY008, was isolated from the intestinal of Eriocheir sinensis in Pukou base of Jiangsu Institute of Freshwater Fisheries. Strain LJY008 could grow at 4-37 ℃ (optimum, 30 ℃), pH 6.0-8.

Paracoccus marinaquae sp. nov., isolated from coastal water of the Yellow Sea.

A Gram-stain-negative, non-motile and coccoid bacterial strain, designated XHP0099, was isolated from the coastal water of the Yellow Sea, China. Growth occurred at 20-37 ℃ (optimum, 28 ℃), pH 5.0-9.

Description of Nocardioides jiangsuensis sp. nov., and Proposal for Reclassification of the Genus Marmoricola as Nocardioides.

A Gram-staining-positive, non-motile, aerobic, spherical actinobacterium, designated WL0053, was isolated from the coastal sediment of Nantong City, Jiangsu Province, China. The 16S rRNA gene sequence of strain WL0053 exhibited the highest similarities to Nocardioides mesophilus MSL-22 (98.0%), N.

sp. nov., isolated from surface water of the Yellow Sea, and proposal of the genus as a member of the family .

A Gram-stain-negative, non-motile and aerobic bacterium, designated HHU G3-2, was isolated from surface water of the Yellow Sea, PR China. Strain HHU G3-2 was positive for oxidase activity and negative for catalase. Optimal growth occurred at 28 °C (range, 20-37 °C), pH 7.

Sphingopyxis jiangsuensis sp. nov. Isolated From the Surface Water of the Yellow Sea.

A novel bacterium, designated strain XHP0097, was isolated from the surface water of the Yellow Sea, China. The cells were Gram-stain-negative, aerobic, rod-shaped, yellow-colored, and non-motile on 2216E agar. Optimal growth of strain XHP0097 occurs at 28 °C and pH 7.

Actirhodobacter atriluteus gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from the surface water of the Yellow Sea.

A Gram-stain-negative, aerobic, orange-pigmented bacterial strain, designated HHU K3-1, was isolated from the surface water of the Yellow Sea. The strain was observed to grow on 2216E agar medium, and growth occurred at pH 6.0-8.

Description of Salinimonas profundi sp. nov., a deep-sea bacterium harboring a transposon Tn6333.

A Gram-staining-negative bacterium, strain HHU 13199, was isolated from a marine sediment sample collected from South China Sea (119°19.896'E, 19°41.569'N) at a depth of 2918 m.