RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Chen, Mao-Yen A1 Wu, Shih-Hsiung A1 Lin, Guang-Huey A1 Lu, Chun-Ping A1 Lin, Yung-Ting A1 Chang, Wen-Chang A1 Tsay, San-SanYR 2004 T1 Rubrobacter taiwanensis sp. nov., a novel thermophilic, radiation-resistant species isolated from hot springs JF International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, VO 54 IS 5 SP 1849 OP 1855 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.63109-0 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1466-5034, AB Two novel bacteria, with an optimum growth temperature of approximately 60 °C, were isolated from Lu-shan hot springs in the central region of Taiwan. These isolates were aerobic, thermophilic, halotolerant, pink-pigmented, heterotrophic and resistant to gamma-radiation. Both pleomorphic, short, rod-shaped cells and coccoid cells were observed. Strains LS-286 (=ATCC BAA-452=BCRC 17198) and LS-293T (=ATCC BAA-406T=BCRC 17173T) represented a novel species of the genus Rubrobacter, according to a phylogenetic analysis of the 16S rRNA gene, DNA–DNA hybridization, biochemical features and fatty acid composition. The name Rubrobacter taiwanensis sp. nov. is proposed for this novel species, with LS-293T as the type strain., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.63109-0