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Halomonas coralii sp. nov. Isolated from Mussismilia braziliensis

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We report here the novel species Halomonas coralii. The nearly complete genome of strain 362.1T consisted of 4.4 Mbp (3989 CDS; 66.3% GC). Genomic taxonomy analysis demonstrates that the novel strain has < 83% AAI and < 29% GGDH towards its closest neighbors.

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Vidal, L.M.R., Gonçalves, A., Venas, T.M. et al. Halomonas coralii sp. nov. Isolated from Mussismilia braziliensis. Curr Microbiol 76, 678–680 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00284-019-01674-z

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