%0 Journal Article %A Chen, Wen-Ming %A Chung, Yu-Ni %A Chiu, Tzu-Fang %A Cheng, Chih-Yu %A Arun, A. B. %A Sheu, Shih-Yi %T Deefgea chitinilytica sp. nov., isolated from a wetland %D 2010 %J International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, %V 60 %N 6 %P 1450-1453 %@ 1466-5034 %R https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.015263-0 %K CDA, chitinase-detection agar %I Microbiology Society, %X A bacterial strain, designated Nsw-4T, was isolated from a water sample of Niao-Song Wetland Park in Taiwan and was characterized by using a polyphasic taxonomic approach. Strain Nsw-4T was Gram-negative, aerobic, ivory-coloured, rod-shaped and motile by means of a polar flagellum. Growth occurred at 15–37 °C, pH 6.0–8.0 and 0–2 % NaCl. Phylogenetic analyses based on 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that the strain belonged to the genus Deefgea and that its closest neighbour was Deefgea rivuli WB 3.4-79T (96.9 %). The results of physiological and biochemical tests allowed the clear phenotypic differentiation of this isolate from D. rivuli WB 3.4-79T. The major fatty acids were C16 : 1ω7c and C16 : 0. The G+C content of the genomic DNA was 53.7 mol%. On the basis of 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis and the chemotaxonomic and physiological data, strain Nsw-4T should be classified as representing a novel species and the second member of the genus Deefgea, for which the name Deefgea chitinilytica sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is Nsw-4T (=BCRC 17934T=LMG 24817T). %U https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.015263-0