RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Yoo, Seung-Hee A1 Weon, Hang-Yeon A1 Jang, Han-Byul A1 Kim, Byung-Yong A1 Kwon, Soon-Wo A1 Go, Seung-Joo A1 Stackebrandt, ErkoYR 2007 T1 Sphingobacterium composti sp. nov., isolated from cotton-waste composts JF International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, VO 57 IS 7 SP 1590 OP 1593 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.64948-0 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1466-5034, AB A Gram-negative, strictly aerobic, short rod-shaped, non-motile bacterial strain designated 4M24T was isolated from cotton-waste compost. Analysis of the 16S rRNA gene sequence of strain 4M24T revealed that it is a member of the genus Sphingobacterium, sharing 88.5–94.5 % sequence similarity with type strains of the genus Sphingobacterium and being most closely related to Sphingobacterium daejeonense TR6-04T (94.5 % sequence similarity) and Sphingobacterium mizutaii ATCC 33299T (92.2 % similarity). The major fatty acids of strain 4M24T grown on trypticase soy agar medium were summed feature 3 (iso-C15 : 0 2-OH and/or C16 : 1 ω7c; 37.5 %), iso-C15 : 0 (29.5 %) and iso-C17 : 0 3-OH (19.7 %). The G+C content of the genomic DNA was 42.3 mol%. On the basis of phenotypic and genotypic characteristics, strain 4M24T represents a novel species of the genus Sphingobacterium, for which the name Sphingobacterium composti sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is 4M24T (=KACC 11313T=DSM 18850T)., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.64948-0