Mucilaginibacter hurinus sp. nov., isolated from briquette warehouse soil.

A novel bacterial strain, designated ZR32T, was isolated from briquette warehouse soil in Ulsan (Korea). The strain was aerobic, showing pink-colored colonies on R2A agar. Phylogenetic analyses based on 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that strain ZR32T was closely related to Mucilaginibacter soli R9-65T (97.0%), Mucilaginibacter gynuensis YC7003T (96.9%), and Mucilaginibacter lutimaris BR-3T (96.8%). The values of DNA-DNA relatedness related two highest strains M. soli R9-65T and M. gynuensis YC7003T were 31.2 ± 6.9% and 19.7 ± 0.3%, respectively. Its genome size was 3.9 Mb, comprising 3402 predicted genes. The DNA G+C content of strain ZR32T was 43.0 mol%. The major cellular fatty acids (> 5% of total) were summed feature 3 (C16:1ω6c and/or C16:1ω7c), C16:0, C16:1ω5c, iso-C15:0, iso-C17:0 3-OH, and C17:1ω9c. The major respiratory quinine was menaquinone-7 (MK-7). The major polar lipids were phosphatidylethanolamine, two unidentified phospholipids, one unidentified sphingolipid, and one unidentified polar lipid. Strain ZR32T showed distinctive characteristics such as the temperature and pH for growth ranges, being positive for ß-glucosidase, salicin production, negative for N-acetyl-glucosamine assimilation, being resistant to carbenicillin and piperacillin to related species. On the basis of phenotypic, chemotaxonomic, and phylogenetic data, strain ZR32T represents a novel species of the genus Mucilaginibacter, for which the name Mucilaginibacter hurinus sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is ZR32T (= KCTC 62193 = CCTCC AB 2017285).

Phenylobacterium soli sp. nov., isolated from arsenic and cadmium contaminated farmland soil.

A Gram-stain-negative, facultative anaerobic, non-motile and rod-shaped bacterial strain, designated LX32T, was isolated from arsenic and cadmium contaminated farmland soil. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequence indicated that strain LX32T was closely related to Phenylobacterium hankyongense HKS-05T (97.7 % sequence similarity), Phenylobacterium kunshanense CCTCC AB 2013085T (97.4 %) and Phenylobacterium deserti CCTCC AB 2016297T (97.1 %). The average nucleotide identity values of the whole genome sequences of LX32T/P. hankyongense HKS-05T, LX32T/P. kunshanense CCTCC AB 2013085T and LX32T/P. deserti CCTCC AB 2016297T were 79.8, 77.9 and 77.5 %, respectively. Its genome size was 4.02 Mb, comprising 3998 predicted genes with a DNA G+C content of 70.1 mol%. The major fatty acids were C15 : 0, C16 : 0 and summed feature 8 (comprising C18 : 1ω7c and/or C18 : 1ω6c). The polar lipid profiles consisted of phosphatidylglycerol, aminophospholipid, seven glycolipids and two unidentified polar lipids. The predominantly respiratory quinone was ubiquinone-10. Based on polyphasic analyses, the isolate is considered to represent a novel species of the genus Phenylobacterium, for which the name Phenylobacterium soli sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is LX32T (=KCTC 62522=CCTCC AB 2018055).

Dyadobacter luticola sp. nov., isolated from a sewage sediment sample.

A Gram-stain-negative, non-motile, aerobic bacterial strain, designated T17T was isolated from a sample of sewage sediment from a Busan park (Republic of Korea). Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that strain T17T had the highest 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity to Dyadobacter soli KCTC 22481T (97.3 %), D.yadobacter fermentans DSM 18053T (97.1 %) and D.yadobacter sediminis CGMCC 1.12895T (97.1 %). The isolate exhibited relatively low levels of DNA-DNA relatedness with respect to D. soli KCTC 22481T (28.2±3.6 %). The DNA G+C content was 49.1 mol%. The unique respiratory quinone was MK-7 and the major polar lipids were phosphatidylethanolamine, five unidentified lipids, four aminolipids, two unidentified phospholipids and one glycophospholipid. The predominant cellular fatty acids (>5 % of total) were summed feature 3 (C16 : 1ω7c and/or iso-C15 : 0 2-OH; 44.3 %), iso-C15 : 0 (15.7 %), C16 : 1ω5c (9.6 %), iso-C17 : 0 3-OH (9.3 %) and C16 : 0 (5.6 %). Moreover, physiological and biochemical characteristics distinguished strain T17T from its related species, including temperature and pH ranges for growth, being positive for acetate hydrolysis, and being negative for acid produced from melibiose and rhamnose. The genotypic, chemotaxonomic and phenotypic data revealed that strain T17T represents a novel species of the genus Dyadobacter, for which the name Dyadobacter luticola sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is T17T (=KCTC 52981T=CCTCC AB 2017091T).

Deinococcus rufus sp. nov., isolated from soil near an iron factory.

A Gram-stain-negative, non-motile, rod-shaped, red-pigmented strain, designated W37T, was isolated from soil near an iron factory in Busan (Republic of Korea). Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that strain W37T was most closely related to Deinococcus yunweiensis YIM 007T (98.3 %) and Deinococcus radioresistens 8AT (96.3 %). The DNA-DNA relatedness between strain W37T and D. yunweiensis YIM 007T was 50.5 %. The predominant respiratory quinone was MK-8. The major polar lipids were an unidentified phosphoglycolipid, an unidentified aminophospholipid, four unidentified glycolipids, two unidentified phospholipids and an unidentified lipid. The major fatty acids (>5 %) of strain W37T were summed feature 3 (C16 : 1ω7c and/or iso-C15 : 0 2-OH), C16 : 0, C17 : 1ω8c and iso-C17 : 1ω9c. The DNA G+C content was 69.0 mol%. Moreover, the chemo-physical characteristics of strain W37T clearly differed from those of related species, including ranges of growth temperature and pH, positive activity for 4-hydroxybenzoate and negative activity for cystine arylamidase. Phenotypic, chemotaxonomic and genotypic analyses indicated that strain W37T represents a novel species of the genus Deinococcus, for which the name Deinococcus rufus sp. nov., is proposed. The type strain is W37T (=KCTC 33913T=CCTCC AB 2017081T).

Sediminibacterium roseum sp. nov., isolated from sewage sediment.

A novel bacterial strain, designated SYL130T, was isolated from the sewage sediment of a park in Busan, Korea. The strain was aerobic, producing orange colonies on R2A agar. Cells were single, Gram-stain-negative rods and were motile by gliding. Phylogenetic analyses, based on 16S rRNA gene sequences, showed that strain SYL130T was most closely related to Sediminibacterium aquarii JCM 31013T (96.1 %). The major fatty acids (>5 % of the total) of strain SYL130T were iso-C15 : 0 (28.3 %), iso-C15 : 1 G (23.2 %), iso-C17 : 0 3-OH (9.6 %), anteiso-C15 : 0 (5.9 %) and iso-C16 : 0 3-OH (5.6 %). The major polar lipids were phosphatidylethanolamine, one unidentified phospholipid, one unidentified aminolipid, two unidentified aminophospholipids and six unidentified polar lipids. The predominant respiratory quinone was MK-7. The DNA G+C content was 47.8 mol%. Strain SYL130T had clearly differential characteristics to related species including the temperature and pH ranges for growth, and being positive for l-arabinose and maltose, and negative for α-galactosidase activity. On the basis of phenotypic, chemotaxonomic and genotypic analyses, strain SYL130T represents a novel species of the genus Sediminibacterium, for which the name Sediminibacterium roseum sp. nov., is proposed. The type strain Sediminibacterium roseum is SYL130T (=KCTC 52860T=CCTCC AB 2017082T).