title: Tessaracoccus rhinocerotissp. nov., isolated from the faeces ofRhinoceros unicornis.
abstract: A novel Gram-stain-positive, non-spore-forming, irregular rod-shaped, non-motile and facultatively anaerobic actinobacterium, designated strain YIM 101269T, was isolated from the faeces ofRhinoceros unicornisliving in Yunnan Wild Animal Park, Yunnan province, south-west China. The isolate grew at 10-35 °C, at pH 6-12 and with 0-9 % (w/v) NaCl. The cell-wall peptidoglycan of the organism contained ll-diaminopimelic acid as the diagnostic diamino acid. The polar lipids detected were diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylglycerol, three unidentified polar lipids, one unidentified aminophospholipid and three unknown glycolipids. The major cellar fatty acid was anteiso-C15 : 0.MK-10(H4) was the predominant menaquinone. The DNA G+C content was 69.5 mol%. Phylogenetic analyses based on 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that strain YIM 101269Tbelonged to the genusTessaracoccus, closely related toTessaracoccus flavescensDSM 18582T(97.4 % similarity). Based on the evidence from the present study, strain YIM 101269Tis considered to represent a novel species of the genusTessaracoccus, for which the nameTessaracoccus rhinocerotissp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is YIM 101269T( = DSM 27579T= CCTCC AB 2013217T).
authors.affiliation: Yunnan Institute of Microbiology,School of Life Sciences, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650091, PRChina.
authors.forename: Gui-Ding
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Institute of Microbial Pharmaceuticals,College of Life and Health Sciences, Northeastern University, Shenyang, 110819, PRChina.
authors.forename: Xiu
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: Yunnan Institute of Microbiology,School of Life Sciences, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650091, PRChina.|Life Sciences Lab Center,School of Life Sciences, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650091, PRChina.
authors.forename: Qin-Yuan
authors.initials: QY
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Yunnan Institute of Microbiology,School of Life Sciences, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650091, PRChina.
authors.forename: Fang-Ji
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.affiliation: Yunnan Wild Animal Park,Kunming, 650218, PRChina.
authors.forename: Shu-Mei
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Qiu
authors.affiliation: Yunnan Institute of Microbiology,School of Life Sciences, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650091, PRChina.
authors.forename: Yi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.affiliation: Yunnan Institute of Microbiology,School of Life Sciences, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650091, PRChina.
authors.forename: Cheng-Lin
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Jiang