%0 Journal Article %A Peng, Fang %A Zhang, Lei %A Luo, Xuesong %A Dai, Jun %A An, Hongli %A Tang, Yali %A Fang, Chengxiang %T Deinococcus xinjiangensis sp. nov., isolated from desert soil %D 2009 %J International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, %V 59 %N 4 %P 709-713 %@ 1466-5034 %R https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.004564-0 %I Microbiology Society, %X A Gram-positive-staining, spherical-shaped and faintly pink-pigmented bacterial strain, X-82T, was isolated from soil samples collected from a desert in Xinjiang, China. The organism was found to be resistant to UV radiation but sensitive to gamma radiation and desiccation. The optimum growth pH, NaCl concentration and temperature were pH 7.0, 0–1 % NaCl and 30 °C. Phylogenetic analysis based on the 16S rRNA gene sequence indicated that strain X-82T is member of a novel species belonging to the genus Deinococcus, with Deinococcus hopiensis KR-140T as its closest relative (93.5 % similarity). The DNA G+C content (60 mol%), quinone type (MK-8), major cellular fatty acids (16 : 1ω7c, 16 : 0 and 17 : 1 iso ω9c), the presence of peptidoglycan with l-ornithine and the dominant polar lipid (phosphoglycolipids and glycolipids) support the affiliation of strain X-82T with the genus Deinococcus. A novel species is proposed, for which the name Deinococcus xinjiangensis sp. nov. is proposed, with the type strain X-82T (=CCTCC AB 207226T =NRRL B-51287T). %U https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.004564-0