RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Sun, Li-Na A1 Zhang, Jun A1 Gong, Fen-Fen A1 Wang, Xiang A1 Hu, Gang A1 Li, Shun-Peng A1 Hong, QingYR 2014 T1 Nocardioides soli sp. nov., a carbendazim-degrading bacterium isolated from soil under the long-term application of carbendazim JF International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, VO 64 IS Pt_6 SP 2047 OP 2052 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.057935-0 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1466-5034, AB The taxonomic status of a carbendazim-degrading strain, mbc-2T, isolated from soil under the long-term application of carbendazim in China was determined by means of a polyphasic study. The cells were Gram-stain-positive, motile and rod-shaped. Strain mbc-2T grew optimally at pH 7.0, 30–35 °C and in the presence of 1 % (w/v) NaCl. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that strain mbc-2T fell within the genus Nocardioides , forming a coherent cluster with the type strain of Nocardioides hankookensis , with which it exhibited 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity values of 97.9 %. The chemotaxonomic properties of strain mbc-2T were consistent with those of the genus Nocardioides : the cell-wall peptidoglycan type was based on ll-2,6-diaminopimelic acid, the predominant menaquinone was MK-8 (H4) and the major fatty acid was iso-C16 : 0. The major polar lipids were phosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylethanolamine, diphosphatidylglycerol, unknown phospholipids and an unknown aminolipid. The DNA G+C content was 72 mol%. Strain mbc-2T exhibited DNA–DNA relatedness values of 12.5±1.5 %, 23.7±2.7 % and 26.3±3.2 % with respect to Nocardioides hankookensis DS-30T, Nocardioides aquiterrae GW-9T and Nocardioides pyridinolyticus OS4T. On the basis of the data obtained, strain mbc-2T represents a novel species of the genus Nocardioides , for which the name Nocardioides soli sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is mbc-2T ( = KACC 17152T = CCTCC AB 2012934T)., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.057935-0