title: Corynebacterium deserti sp. nov., isolated from desert sand.
abstract: A novel coryneform bacterium, designated strain GIMN1.010T, was isolated from a sand sample collected in the desert in the west of China. Cells were Gram-stain-positive, non-spore-forming, catalase-positive, irregular rods. Comparative 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis demonstrated that strain GIMN1.010T belonged to the genus Corynebacterium and was related closely to Corynebacterium glutamicum ATCC 13032T (98.4 % similarity). However, the level of DNA-DNA relatedness between strain GIMN1.010T and C. glutamicum ATCC 13032T was only 22.4±1.72 %, showing that strain GIMN1.010T represented a genomic species distinct from C. glutamicum. On the basis of phenotypic and phylogenetic data, strain GIMN1.010T is considered to represent a novel species of the genus Corynebacterium, for which the name Corynebacterium deserti sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is GIMN1.010T (=CCTCC AB 2010341T=NRRL B-59552).
authors.affiliation: Biotechnology Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, PR China.
authors.forename: Zhengfu
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.affiliation: College of Life Sciences, Beijing Normal University, 100875 Beijing, PR China.|Biotechnology Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, PR China.
authors.forename: Menglong
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yuan
authors.affiliation: Biotechnology Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, PR China.
authors.forename: Ran
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.affiliation: Biotechnology Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, PR China.
authors.forename: Ming
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: Biotechnology Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, PR China.
authors.forename: Min
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.affiliation: Biotechnology Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, PR China.
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D001482:Base Composition; D002681:China; D003352:Corynebacterium / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D003889:Desert Climate; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000737:chemistry; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D010802:Phylogeny; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D012822:Silicon Dioxide; 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; C024223:vitamin MK 8; C073355:menaquinone 9; D012822:Silicon Dioxide