Elizabethkingia anophelis sp. nov., isolated from the midgut of the mosquito Anopheles gambiae Kämpfer, Peter and Matthews, Holly and Glaeser, Stefanie P. and Martin, Karin and Lodders, Nicole and Faye, Ingrid,, 61, 2670-2675 (2011), doi = https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.026393-0, publicationName = Microbiology Society, issn = 1466-5026, abstract= The taxonomic position, growth characteristics and antibiotic resistance properties of a slightly yellow-pigmented bacterial strain, designated R26T, isolated from the midgut of the mosquito Anopheles gambiae, were studied. The isolate produced rod-shaped cells, which stained Gram-negative. The bacterium had two growth optima at 30–31 °C and 37 °C. Strain R26T demonstrated natural antibiotic resistance to ampicillin, chloramphenicol, kanamycin, streptomycin and tetracycline. 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis revealed that the isolate showed 98.6 % sequence similarity to that of Elizabethkingia meningoseptica ATCC 13253T and 98.2 % similarity to that of Elizabethkingia miricola GTC 862T. The major fatty acids of strain R26T were iso-C15 : 0, iso-C17 : 0 3-OH and summed feature 4 (iso-C15 : 0 2-OH and/or C16 : 1ω7c/t). Strain R26T contained only menaquinone MK-6 and showed a complex polar lipid profile consisting of diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylinositol, an unknown phospholipid and unknown polar lipids and glycolipids. DNA–DNA hybridization experiments with E. meningoseptica CCUG 214T ( = ATCC 13253T) and E. miricola KCTC 12492T ( = GTC 862T) gave relatedness values of 34.5 % (reciprocal 41.5 %) and 35.0 % (reciprocal 25.7 %), respectively. DNA–DNA hybridization results and some differentiating biochemical properties indicate that strain R26T represents a novel species, for which the name Elizabethkingia anophelis sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is R26T ( = CCUG 60038T  = CCM 7804T)., language=, type=