Characteristics 1 2 3 4 5 6 Habitat Slaughter house soil Seawater Wound swab Deep Sea sediment Seawater Feaces Cell diameter 1.4-1.8 0.6-1 3.5-4 1.6-2.4 0.5-1 12-12 Pigmentation Yellow Yellow to orange Pale yellow Pale yellow Yellow to orange Yellow Rods Short rods Rods Rods Spindle-shaped rods Short rods Rods Growth temperature (°C) 10-37 10-37 10-37 10-42 10-37 20-37 pH range 5-9 5-9 6-9 5-9 5-9 6-9 NaCl range (%, w/v) 0.5-6 0-5 0-6 0-8 0-9 0-5 Urease + + + - - + Nitrate reductase - - + - + + Hydolysis of:   Casein - - - + - - Tween 20 + - + + - - Tween 80 + - - + - - Activity of:   Trypsin - + - - - - Leucinearylamidase + + + + + - Valinearylamidase - + - - - - Esterase (C4) - + + - - + DNA G+C content (mol%) 33.8 34.2 31.7 33 33.6 34.7

Strains: (1) BSH-3T, (2) M. marinus JS-08T, (3) M. odoratimimus JCM7460T, (4) M. profoundi DSM19823T, (5) M. pelagicus KCTC12661T, (6) M. odoratus JCM7458T [2-4]

Table 2: Features that distinguish Myroides gitamensis sp. nov. from the related Myroides species.