Roseihalotalea indica gen. nov., sp. nov., a halophilic Bacteroidetes from mesopelagic Southwest Indian Ocean with higher carbohydrate metabolic potential

The pink-colored and strictly aerobic bacterium strain, designated as TK19036^T, was isolated from mesopelagic layer of the Southwest Indian Ocean. This novel isolate can grow at 10–45 °C (optimum, 30 °C), pH 6.0–8.0 (optimum, pH 7.0), and 2–14% NaCl concentrations (w/v) (optimum, 6%). The predominant respiratory quinone was Menaquinone-7. Major polar lipid profiles contained two aminolipids, aminophospholipid, two glycolipids, phosphatidylethanolamine, and three unknown polar lipids. The preponderant cellular fatty acids were iso-C_15:0, C_16:1 ω5c and iso-C_17:0 3-OH. Phylogenetic analyses based on 16S rRNA gene sequence uncovered that the strain TK19036^T pertained to the family Catalinimonadaceae under phylum Bacteroidota, and formed a distinct lineage with the closed species Tunicatimonas pelagia NBRC 107804^T. The up-to-bacteria-core gene phylogenetic trees also demonstrated a deep and novel branch formed by the strain TK19036^T within the family Catalinimonadaceae. Based on chemotaxonomic, phylogenetic and genomic features presented above, strain TK19036^T represents a novel species from a novel genus of the family Catalinimonadaceae, for which the name Roseihalotalea indica gen. nov. sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is TK19036^T (= CGMCC 1.18940^T = NBRC 116371^T).