title: Sphingomonas flavus sp. nov. isolated from road soil.
abstract: A yellow-colored, Gram-negative, strictly aerobic, non-motile, rod-shaped bacterium, designated THG-MM5(T), was isolated from road soil in Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea. Based on 16S rRNA gene sequence, strain THG-MM5(T) was moderately related to Sphingomonas sediminicola KACC 15039(T) (96.1%), Sphingomonas ginsengisoli KACC 16858(T) (96.1%) and Sphingomonas jaspsi KACC 13230(T) (96.0%). Chemotaxonomic data revealed that strain THG-MM5(T) possesses ubiquinone-10 as the only respiratory quinone, sym-homospermidine as the major polyamine and summed feature 3 (C16:1 ω7c and/or C16:1 ω6c), C18:1 ω7c and C16:0 as the major fatty acids. The polar lipid profile included sphingoglycolipid. The DNA G + C content was 60.7 mol%. These data, together with phenotypic characterization, corroborated the affiliation of strain THG-MM5(T) to the genus Sphingomonas. Thus, the isolate represents a novel species, for which the name Sphingomonas flavus sp. nov. is proposed, with THG-MM5(T) as the type strain (=KACC 18277(T) = CCTCC AB 2014320(T)).
authors.affiliation: Department of Oriental Medicinal Biotechnology, College of Life Science, Kyung Hee University Global Campus, 1732 Deokyoungdaero, Giheung-gu, Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do, 446-701, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Juan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Du
authors.forename: Hina
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: KyungHwa
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Won
authors.forename: Jung-Eun
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Shahina
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Akter
authors.forename: Feng-Xie
authors.initials: FX
authors.lastname: Jin
authors.forename: Tae-Hoo
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Yi
mesh_terms: D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D001482:Base Composition; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000032:analysis; D010802:Phylogeny; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D056910:Republic of Korea; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D012988:Soil Microbiology; D013045:Species Specificity; D013095:Spermidine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000378:metabolism; D020578:Sphingomonas / Q000737:chemistry / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D005227:Fatty Acids; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; C007961:sym-homospermidine; D013095:Spermidine