title: Niveitalea solisilvae gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from forest soil and emended description of the genus Flavihumibacter Zhang et al. 2010.
abstract: A Gram-stain-negative and strictly aerobic bacterial strain, designated 6-4T, was isolated from forest soil in Jeju island, South Korea. Cells showing oxidase-positive and catalase-negative reactions were thin and long non-motile rods. Growth of strain 6-4T was observed at 20-35 °C (optimum, 30 °C) and pH 6.0-9.0 (optimum, pH 7.0). Strain 6-4T contained iso-C15 : 0, anteiso-C15 : 0, iso-C15 : 1 G and iso-C17 : 0 3-OH as the major fatty acids and menaquinone-7 (MK-7) as the sole isoprenoid quinone. Phosphatidylethanolamine was the major polar lipid and five unidentified aminolipids, one unidentified aminophospholipid and one unidentified lipid were also detected as minor polar lipids. The G+C content of the genomic DNA was 45.8 mol%. Strain 6-4T was most closely related to Flavihumibacter solisilvae 3-3T with a low 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity (94.2 %) and phylogenetic analysis indicated that the strain formed a distinct phylogenetic lineage from members of the genus Flavihumibacter and other closely related genera. On the basis of phylogenetic inference and phenotypic, chemotaxonomic and molecular properties, strain 6-4T represents a novel species of a new genus of the family Chitinophagaceae, for which the name Niveitalea solisilvae gen. nov., sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain of Niveitalea solisilvae is 6-4T (=KACC 18808T=JCM 31525T). An emended description of the genus Flavihumibacter is also proposed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Life Science, Chung-Ang University, Seoul 06974, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Jong Woo
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Hyeon
authors.affiliation: Department of Life Science, Chung-Ang University, Seoul 06974, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Hyo Jung
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Department of Life Science, Chung-Ang University, Seoul 06974, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Sang Eun
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Jeong
authors.affiliation: Department of Life Science, Chung-Ang University, Seoul 06974, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Ga Youn
authors.initials: GY
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.affiliation: Department of Life Science, Chung-Ang University, Seoul 06974, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Che Ok
authors.initials: CO
authors.lastname: Jeon
mesh_terms: D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D041963:Bacteroidetes / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D001482:Base Composition; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000737:chemistry; D065928:Forests; D010714:Phosphatidylethanolamines / Q000737:chemistry; D010802:Phylogeny; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D056910:Republic of Korea; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D012988:Soil Microbiology; D024482:Vitamin K 2 / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D005227:Fatty Acids; D010714:Phosphatidylethanolamines; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; D024482:Vitamin K 2; C483858:phosphatidylethanolamine; C062629:menaquinone 7