title: Cryobacterium arcticum sp. nov., a psychrotolerant bacterium from an Arctic soil.
abstract: A psychrotolerant, Gram-stain-positive, yellow-pigmented, aerobic rod, designated SK1(T), was isolated from a soil sample collected from Store Koldewey, north-east Greenland. Cells were catalase- and methyl red-positive, produced H(2)S and produced acid from glucose, mannitol and salicin. Strain SK1(T) was able to grow between -6 and 28 °C, with an optimum at 20 °C. The isolate contained 2,4-diaminobutyrate, glycine, alanine and glutamic acid in the cell wall and the major menaquinones were MK-10 and MK-11. Identified polar lipids were phosphatidylglycerol and diphosphatidylglycerol. The major fatty acids were anteiso-C(15 : 0) (53.5 %), anteiso-C(17 : 0) (17.0 %) and C(18 : 0) (12.1 %). The genomic DNA G+C content was 67.8 mol%. Strain SK1(T) showed the highest 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity with Cryobacterium psychrotolerans 0549(T) (97.6 %) and Cryobacterium roopkundense RuGl7(T) (96.8 %). Considering morphological, physiological, biochemical and chemotaxonomic characters and phylogenetic analysis, strain SK1(T) represents a novel species in the genus Cryobacterium, for which the name Cryobacterium arcticum sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is SK1(T) ( = DSM 22823(T)  = NCCB 100316(T)).
authors.affiliation: Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Research Department Potsdam, Telegrafenberg A45, 14473 Potsdam, Germany.
authors.forename: Felizitas
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bajerski
authors.affiliation: Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Research Department Potsdam, Telegrafenberg A45, 14473 Potsdam, Germany.
authors.forename: Lars
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ganzert
authors.affiliation: Helmholtz Centre Potsdam, GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Sektion 4.3, Organic Geochemistry, Telegrafenberg, B 423, 14473 Potsdam, Germany.
authors.forename: Kai
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mangelsdorf
authors.affiliation: Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Institute of Nutrition and Food Sciences, Department of Food Microbiology and Hygiene, Meckenheimer Allee 168, 53115 Bonn, Germany.
authors.forename: André
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lipski
authors.affiliation: Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Research Department Potsdam, Telegrafenberg A45, 14473 Potsdam, Germany.
authors.forename: Dirk
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Wagner
mesh_terms: D000192:Actinomycetales / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism; D001110:Arctic Regions; D003080:Cold Temperature; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000235:genetics; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D012988:Soil Microbiology
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D005227:Fatty Acids; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S