%0 Journal Article %A Sánchez, Maximo %A Ramírez-Bahena, Martha-Helena %A Peix, Alvaro %A Lorite, María J. %A Sanjuán, Juan %A Velázquez, Encarna %A Monza, Jorge %T Phyllobacterium loti sp. nov. isolated from nodules of Lotus corniculatus %D 2014 %J International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, %V 64 %N Pt_3 %P 781-786 %@ 1466-5034 %R https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.052993-0 %I Microbiology Society, %X Strain S658T was isolated from a Lotus corniculatus nodule in a soil sample obtained in Uruguay. Phylogenetic analysis of the 16S rRNA gene and atpD gene showed that this strain clustered within the genus Phyllobacterium . The closest related species was, in both cases, Phyllobacterium trifolii PETP02T with 99.8 % sequence similarity in the 16S rRNA gene and 96.1 % in the atpD gene. The 16S rRNA gene contains an insert at the beginning of the sequence that has no similarities with other inserts present in the same gene in described rhizobial species. Ubiquinone Q-10 was the only quinone detected. Strain S658T differed from its closest relatives through its growth in diverse culture conditions and in the assimilation of several carbon sources. It was not able to reproduce nodules in Lotus corniculatus. The results of DNA–DNA hybridization, phenotypic tests and fatty acid analyses confirmed that this strain should be classified as a representative of a novel species of the genus Phyllobacterium , for which the name Phyllobacterium loti sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is S658T( = LMG 27289T = CECT 8230T). %U https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.052993-0