title: Pontibacter niistensis sp. nov., isolated from forest soil.
abstract: A Gram-negative, rod-shaped bacterial strain, NII-0905(T) [corrected], that was motile by gliding was isolated from soil of a dense forest collected from the Western Ghats of India and its taxonomic position was established. Strain NII-0905(T) [corrected] contained MK-7 as the major menaquinone and anteiso-C(17 : 0), anteiso-C(15 : 0), iso-C(16 : 0) and iso-C(15 : 0) as the major cellular fatty acids. The DNA G+C content of strain NII-0905(T) [corrected] was 51.47 mol%. 16S rRNA gene sequence-based phylogenetic analysis confirmed the placement of strain NII-0905(T) [corrected] in the genus Pontibacter and strain NII-0905(T) [corrected] exhibited 93.9-96.3 % 16S rRNA sequence similarity with type strains of species of the genus Pontibacter. On the basis of genotypic and phenotypic evidence, strain NII-0905(T) [corrected] is considered to represent a novel species of the genus Pontibacter, for which the name Pontibacter niistensis sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is NII-0905(T) [corrected](=NCIM 5339(T) =CCTCC AA 209057(T)).
authors.affiliation: National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology (CSIR), Thiruvananthpuram 695019, India.
authors.forename: Syed G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Dastager
authors.affiliation: Department of Studies & Research in Microbiology, Gulbarga University, Gulbarga 585 106, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: Q S
authors.initials: QS
authors.lastname: Raziuddin
authors.affiliation: National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology (CSIR), Thiruvananthpuram 695019, India.
authors.forename: C K
authors.initials: CK
authors.lastname: Deepa
authors.affiliation: Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources, Yunnan Institute of Microbiology, Yunnan University, Kunming 650091, PR China.
authors.forename: Wen-Jun
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology (CSIR), Thiruvananthpuram 695019, India.
authors.forename: Ashok
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pandey
mesh_terms: D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D001482:Base Composition; D041964:Cytophagaceae / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000737:chemistry; D065928:Forests; D007194:India; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D012988:Soil Microbiology; D024482:Vitamin K 2 / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D005227:Fatty Acids; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; D024482:Vitamin K 2; C062629:menaquinone 7