| Abstract |
Two novel strains C4III282T and C4III291 were isolated from seawater collected a site off the Taketomi coral reef. Phylogenetic analysis based on the 16S rRNA sequences revealed that the two strains belong to the genus Vibrio. MLSA using eight protein-coding genes (ftsZ, gapA, gyrB, mreB, pyrH, recA, rpoA, and topA) showed that C4III282T and C4III291 are closely related to the members of the Ponticus clade, namely Vibrio panuliri JCM 19500T, Vibrio ponticus DSM 16217T, and "Vibrio rhodolitus" G98. ANI and in silico DDH values with members of the Ponticus clade were 77.6-78.7% and 22.2-23.1, respectively. The name Vibrio taketomensis sp. nov. is proposed with C4III282T (CAIM 1928T=DSM 106943T=JCM 33434T) as the type strain.
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