title: Flavitalea solisp. nov. isolated from soil.
abstract: A Gram-stain-negative, rod-shaped, non-flagellated, mesophilic, yellow-pigmented, aerobic bacterium, designated strain KIS20-3T, was isolated from a soil sample of Baengnyeong Island in Onjin county, Republic of Korea. According to 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis, the isolate showed highest similarities withFlavitalea populiHY-50RT(94.5 %),Niastella populiTHYL-44T(94.2 %) andFlavitalea gansuensisJCN-23T(93.7 %). The neighbour-joining tree based on 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that strain KIS20-3Tformed a subcluster with members of the genusFlavitalea, and this subcluster was closely related to members of the generaNiastella,SegetibacterandParasegetibacterwithin the familyChitinophagaceae. The major fatty acids of strain KIS20-3Twere iso-C15 : 0, iso-C17 : 03-OH and iso-C15 : 1G, and the predominant isoprenoid quinone was menaquinone 7. The polar lipid profile comprised large amounts of phosphatidylethanolamine and one unknown polar lipid, and moderate or small amounts of four unknown aminophospholipids, two unknown aminolipids, three unknown lipids and one unknown phospholipid. The G+C content of the DNA of strain KIS20-3Twas 55.7 mol%. On the basis of the results of the polyphasic characterization presented in this study, it is concluded that strain KIS20-3Trepresents a novel species of the genusFlavitalea, for which the nameFlavitalea solisp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is KIS20-3T( = KACC 17319T= JCM 19937T).
authors.affiliation: Agricultural Microbiology Division, National Institute of Agricultural Science,Rural Development Administration, Wanju-gun, Jeollabuk-do, 55365, Republic ofKorea.
authors.forename: Soo-Jin
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Agricultural Microbiology Division, National Institute of Agricultural Science,Rural Development Administration, Wanju-gun, Jeollabuk-do, 55365, Republic ofKorea.
authors.forename: Jae-Hyung
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Ahn
authors.affiliation: Agricultural Microbiology Division, National Institute of Agricultural Science,Rural Development Administration, Wanju-gun, Jeollabuk-do, 55365, Republic ofKorea.
authors.forename: Hang-Yeon
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Weon
authors.affiliation: Agricultural Microbiology Division, National Institute of Agricultural Science,Rural Development Administration, Wanju-gun, Jeollabuk-do, 55365, Republic ofKorea.
authors.forename: Seung-Beom
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Hong
authors.affiliation: Agricultural Microbiology Division, National Institute of Agricultural Science,Rural Development Administration, Wanju-gun, Jeollabuk-do, 55365, Republic ofKorea.
authors.forename: Soon-Ja
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Seok
authors.affiliation: Agricultural Microbiology Division, National Institute of Agricultural Science,Rural Development Administration, Wanju-gun, Jeollabuk-do, 55365, Republic ofKorea.
authors.forename: Jeong-Seon
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Agricultural Microbiology Division, National Institute of Agricultural Science,Rural Development Administration, Wanju-gun, Jeollabuk-do, 55365, Republic ofKorea.
authors.forename: Soon-Wo
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Kwon