Croceicoccus bisphenolivorans sp. nov., a bisphenol A-degrading bacterium isolated from seawater

A bisphenol A-degrading bacterium, designated as strain H4 T , was isolated from surface seawater, which sampled the Jiulong River estuary in southeast PR China. Strain is Gram-stain-negative, aerobic, short rod-shaped, lacking bacteriochlorophyll a, motile with multifibrillar stalklike fascicle structures and capable of degrading A. Growth observed at 24–45 °C (optimum, 32 °C), pH 5.5–9 7.0) 0–7 % NaCl 2 %; w/v) . The 16S rRNA gene sequence showed highest similarity to Croceicoccus pelagius Ery9 (98.7 %), sediminis (98.3 naphthovorans PQ-2 (98.1 %) ponticola GM-16 (97.6 followed by marinus E4A9 (96.7 mobilis Ery22 (96.0 %). Phylogenetic analysis revealed that fell within a clade comprising type strains species formed phyletic line them distinct other members family Erythrobacteraceae sole respiratory quinone 10 (Q-10). predominant fatty acids (>5 total acids) were summed feature 8 (C 18 : 1 ω 6 c and/or C 7 ), 3 16 17 14 0 2-OH. genomic DNA G+C content 62.8 mol%. In polar lipid profile, phosphatidylcholine, phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylglycerol, two unidentified phospholipids, sphingoglycolipids three unknown lipids major compounds. Based on genotypic phenotypic data, represents novel genus for name bisphenolivorans sp. nov. proposed. (=DSM 102182 =MCCC1 K02301 ).