Paucihalobacter ruber gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a haloalkaline lake sediment sample.

A Gram-stain-negative, strictly aerobic, non-motile, rod-shaped bacterium, designated CWB-1 ^T , was isolated from a haloalkaline lake sediment sample collected from the bottom of Chaiwopu Lake, Urumchi, Xinjiang Province, PR China. Strain CWB-1 ^T grew at 4-40 °C (optimum, 30-35 °C), pH 6.5-9.0 (optimum, pH 6.5-7.0) and with 0.5-5.5 % (w/v) NaCl (optimum, 2.5-3.0 %). Phylogenetic analyses based on the 16S rRNA gene sequence and the whole genome sequence both revealed that strain CWB-1 ^T belonged to the family Flavobacteriaceae . The strain had the highest similarity of the 16S rRNA gene sequence to Psychroserpens jangbogonensis PAMC 27130 ^T (92.8 %). The genome of strain CWB-1 ^T was 3 548 011 bp long with 36.3 % DNA G+C content. The predominant fatty acids (>10 %) in the CWB-1 ^T cells were iso-C _15 : 0 , iso-C _17 : 0 3-OH and summed feature 1 (iso-C _15 : 1  H/C _13 : 0 3-OH). The major respiratory quinone was menaquinone-6 and the major polar lipids were phosphatidylethanolamine, an unidentified aminolipid and two unidentified lipids. Based on the phylogenetic analyses, as well as the phenotypic characteristics, a novel genus and species of the family Flavobacteriaceae , Paucihalobacter ruber gen. nov., sp. nov., is proposed. The type strain is CWB-1 ^T (=KCTC 72450 ^T =CGMCC 1.17149 ^T ).