title: Skermanella xinjiangensis sp. nov., isolated from the desert of Xinjiang, China.
abstract: Strain 10-1-101(T), isolated from a sand sample collected from the desert of Xinjiang, China, was a Gram-negative, aerobic, motile, rod-shaped bacterium. Colonies grown on 0.1x trypticase soy broth agar were circular, convex and light-pink-coloured. The major cellular fatty acids of the novel strain were C(18 : 1)omega7c (72.71 %) and C(16 : 0) (7.05 %). The DNA G+C content of strain 10-1-101(T )was 68.8 mol% and Q-10 was the major respiratory quinone. 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis indicated that strain 10-1-101(T) was related to type strains of the genus Skermanella, with sequence similarity values of 94.07 % with Skermanella aerolata DSM 18479(T) and 92.74 % with Skermanella parooensis DSM 9527(T). On the basis of genotypic, phenotypic and phylogenetic data, this new strain represents a novel species of the genus Skermanella, for which the name Skermanella xinjiangensis sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is 10-1-101(T) (=CCTCC AB 207153(T)=NRRL B-51273(T)).
authors.affiliation: College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, PR China.
authors.forename: Hongli
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: An
authors.forename: Lei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Yali
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.forename: Xuesong
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Luo
authors.forename: Tongjun
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Yaowei
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Yang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dai
authors.forename: Chengxiang
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Fang
mesh_terms: D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D001482:Base Composition; D001483:Base Sequence; D002681:China; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D003889:Desert Climate; D005838:Genotype; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D010641:Phenotype; D010802:Phylogeny; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D012244:Rhodospirillaceae / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000502:physiology; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D012822:Silicon Dioxide; D012988:Soil Microbiology; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; D012822:Silicon Dioxide