RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Chang, Xulu A1 Zheng, Jingli A1 Jiang, Fan A1 Liu, Ping A1 Kan, Wenjing A1 Qu, Zhihao A1 Fang, Chengxiang A1 Peng, FangYR 2014 T1 Hymenobacter arcticus sp. nov., isolated from glacial till JF International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, VO 64 IS Pt_6 SP 2113 OP 2118 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.060251-0 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1466-5034, AB A novel, red–pink-pigmented strain, designated R2-4T, was isolated from a till sample near Ny-Alesund, Svalbard Archipelago, Norway. Cells were aerobic, Gram-stain-negative and rod-shaped. Growth occurred at 4–30 °C (optimum, 20–22 °C), at pH 6.0–9.0 (optimum, pH 7.0) and with 0–1 % NaCl added to R2A agar. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences indicated that strain R2-4T belonged to the genus Hymenobacter . 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity between strain R2-4T and the type strains of related species of the genus ranged from 94.51 to 96.05 %. Strain R2-4T contained iso-C15 : 0, anteiso-C15 : 0, summed feature 3 (C16 : 1ω6c and/or C16 : 1ω7c), summed feature 4 (C17 : 1 anteiso B and/or iso I) and C16 : 1ω5c as the major cellular fatty acids, MK-7 as the major respiratory quinone, and phosphatidylethanolamine, unknown aminophospholipids, unknown aminolipids and unknown lipids as the main polar lipids. The polyamine was sym-homospermidine. The DNA G+C content of strain R2-4T was 61.6 mol%. On the basis of phylogenetic, physiological and chemotaxonomic data, strain R2-4T is considered to represent a novel species of the genus Hymenobacter , for which the name Hymenobacter arcticus sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is R2-4T ( = CCTCC AB 2012104T = KACC 16881T)., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.060251-0