RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Li, Wen-Jun A1 Xu, Ping A1 Schumann, Peter A1 Zhang, Yu-Qin A1 Pukall, Rüdiger A1 Xu, Li-Hua A1 Stackebrandt, Erko A1 Jiang, Cheng-LinYR 2007 T1 Georgenia ruanii sp. nov., a novel actinobacterium isolated from forest soil in Yunnan (China), and emended description of the genus Georgenia JF International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, VO 57 IS 7 SP 1424 OP 1428 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.64749-0 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1466-5034, AB A Gram-positive, motile, short-rod-shaped strain, designated YIM 004T, was isolated from a forest-soil sample collected from Lijiang, Yunnan Province, China, and was investigated using a polyphasic taxonomic approach. The isolate contained chemotaxonomic markers that corresponded to those of its phylogenetic neighbour, Georgenia muralis, i.e. it possessed peptidoglycan type A4α with lysine as the diagnostic cell-wall diamino acid, the predominant menaquinone was MK-8(H4) and the major fatty acid was ai-C15 : 0. The G+C content of the genomic DNA was 72.9 mol%. Strain YIM 004T exhibited a 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity of 97.3 % and a DNA–DNA relatedness value of 18 % with respect to G. muralis DSM 14418T. On the basis of the phenotypic and genotypic differences between the isolate and G. muralis, strain YIM 004T represents a novel species of the genus Georgenia, for which the name Georgenia ruanii sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is YIM 004T (=CCTCC AB 204065T=DSM 17458T=KCTC 19029T). In addition, an emended description of the genus Georgenia is presented. , UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.64749-0