Dongia rigui sp. nov., isolated from freshwater of a large wetland in Korea

A motile, curved to twisted rod-shaped aerobic bacterium, designated strain 04SU4-PT, was isolated from freshwater collected from the Woopo wetland (Republic of Korea). Cells were observed to be Gram-stain negative, catalase negative and oxidase positive. The major fatty acids (>10 % of the total) were identified as C19:0 ω8c cyclo (24.6 %), C16:0 (24.3 %) and C18:1 ω7c (13.1 %). The DNA G+C content was determined to be 71.5 mol%. The major polar lipids were identified as phosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylethanolamine, one unknown phospholipid and one unknown aminolipid. The major ubiquinone was determined to be Q-10. A phylogenetic tree based on 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that strain 04SU4-PT forms an evolutionary lineage within the genus Dongia and its nearest neighbour is Dongia mobilis LM22T (98.0 % sequence similarity). Genomic DNA–DNA hybridization of stain 04SU4-PT with D. mobilis LM22T showed relatedness of only 34.2 %. The phenotypic characteristics indicate the strain 04SU4-PT can be distinguished from the sole member of the genus Dongia. On the basis of the data presented in this study, strain 04SU4-PT represents a novel species, for which the name Dongia rigui is proposed. The type strain is 04SU4-PT (KCTC 23341T = JCM 17521T).