title: Pedobacter xinjiangensis sp. nov., from desert, Xinjiang.
abstract: A Gram-negative, rod-shaped, gliding, aerobic bacterium, designated 12157(T), was isolated from the desert of Xinjiang, China and subjected to a polyphasic taxonomic study. The strain 12157(T) grew optimally at pH 7.0 and 30 degrees Celsius. MK-7 was the predominant respiratory menaquinone. The DNA G+C content was 42.0 mol%. Phylogenetic analysis based on the 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that the isolate was mostly related to the members of the genus Pedobacter, with similarities ranging from 90.0 % to 93.7 %. Phylogenetic evidence and the results of phenotypic, genotypic and chemotaxonomic analysis support the establishment of a novel species, Pedobacter xinjiangensis sp. nov., with strain 12157(T) (=CCTCC AB 208092(T)=NRRL B-51338(T)) as the type strain.
authors.affiliation: College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Yali
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.forename: Yang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Shanming
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ji
authors.forename: Kundi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dai
authors.forename: Lei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Fang
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Peng
authors.forename: Chengxiang
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Fang
mesh_terms: D001482:Base Composition; D002681:China; D003889:Desert Climate; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D012988:Soil Microbiology; D045249:Sphingobacterium / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*