title: Gordonia shandongensis sp. nov., isolated from soil in China.
abstract: The taxonomic position of strain SD29(T), isolated from soil, was clarified using a polyphasic taxonomic approach. The organism produced an elementary branching mycelium which fragmented into rod/coccus-shaped elements and it possessed meso-diaminopimelic acid, arabinose, galactose as diagnostic diamino acid and sugars, MK-9(H(2)) as predominant menaquinone, phospholipids of type PII and mycolic acid. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences revealed that strain SD29(T) was most closely related to Gordonia hydrophobica DSM 44015(T) and Gordonia sihwensis DSM 44576(T), forming a distinct but loosely related branch in the phylogenetic tree. A number of physiological properties readily separated the isolate from its nearest neighbours. It is evident from genotypic and phenotypic data that strain SD29(T) represents a novel species of the genus Gordonia, for which the name Gordonia shandongensis sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is SD29(T) (=CGMCC 4.3492(T)=JCM 13907(T)).
authors.affiliation: Institue of Modern Biopharmaceuticals, School of Life Science, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China.|State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080, China.
authors.forename: Hongli
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Luo
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080, China.
authors.forename: Qiang
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Gu
authors.affiliation: Institue of Modern Biopharmaceuticals, School of Life Science, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China.
authors.forename: Jianping
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Xie
authors.affiliation: Institue of Modern Biopharmaceuticals, School of Life Science, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China.
authors.forename: Changhua
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080, China.
authors.forename: Zhiheng
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080, China.
authors.forename: Ying
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Huang
mesh_terms: D002681:China; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000235:genetics; D033601:Gordonia Bacterium / Q000737:chemistry / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D012988:Soil Microbiology
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S