RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Hu, Qing-Wen A1 Chu, Xiao A1 Xiao, Min A1 Li, Chang-Tian A1 Yan, Zheng-Fei A1 Hozzein, Wael N. A1 Kim, Chang-Jin A1 Zhi, Xiao-Yang A1 Li, Wen-JunYR 2016 T1 Arthrobacter deserti sp. nov., isolated from a desert soil sample JF International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, VO 66 IS 5 SP 2035 OP 2040 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.000986 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1466-5034, AB A Gram-stain-positive, non-motile, rod-shaped, catalase-positive and oxidase-negative bacterium, designated YIM CS25T, was isolated from a soil sample collected from Turpan desert in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, north-western China. The isolate grew at 15–40 °C, at pH 6.0–8.0 and with 0–6 % (w/v) NaCl. The phylogenetic trees based on 16S rRNA gene sequences revealed that strain YIM CS25T belonged to the genus Arthrobacter and was closely related to Arthrobacter halodurans JSM 078085T (95.89 % similarity). The peptidoglycan type contained lysine, alanine and glutamic acid. The major whole-cell sugars were galactose, glucose and ribose. The isolate contained diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylglycerol and phosphatidylinositol as the major polar lipids and MK-9 (H2) as the predominant menaquinone. The major cellular fatty acids were anteiso-C15 : 0, iso-C15 : 0, anteiso-C17 : 0, iso-C16 : 0 and anteiso-C17 : 1ω9c. The genomic DNA G+C content was 68.3 mol%. On the basis of phylogenetic, phenotypic and chemotaxonomic analysis, strain YIM CS25T is considered to represent a novel species of the genus Arthrobacter, for which the name Arthrobacter deserti sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is YIM CS25T ( = KCTC 39544T = CGMCC 1.15091T)., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijsem.0.000986