RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Zhang, Guojing A1 Xian, Wendong A1 Chu, Qiaoling A1 Yang, Jian A1 Liu, Wen A1 Yang, Lingling A1 Xiao, Min A1 Jiang, Hongchen A1 Li, WenjunYR 2016 T1 Flavobacterium terriphilum sp. nov., isolated from soil JF International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, VO 66 IS 10 SP 4276 OP 4281 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.001347 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1466-5034, AB A novel aerobic, yellow-pigmented, Gram-stain-negative, rod-shaped bacterial strain, CUG00004T, was isolated from a soil sample. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences revealed that strain CUG00004T was a member of the genus Flavobacterium and showed high sequence similarity with Flavobacterium soli DSM 19725T (96.9 %) and Flavobacterium glaciei CGMCC 0499T (95.6 %). The level of DNA–DNA relatedness between strain CUG00004T and F . soli DSM 19725T and F . glaciei CGMCC 1.5380T was 42.5 and 43.4 %, respectively. Strain CUG00004T was moderately alkaliphilic and grew optimally at pH 8.0, at 28 °C and in the presence of 0–1 % (w/v) NaCl. This organism contained menaquinone-6 (MK-6) as the only isoprenoid quinone and iso-C15 : 0, iso-C17 : 0 3-OH, anteiso-C15 : 0 and summed feature 9 (comprising iso-C17 : 1 ω9c and/or C16 : 0 10-methyl) as the major fatty acids. The DNA G+C content of strain CUG00004T was 36.3 mol%. On the basis of phylogenetic, physiological and chemotaxonomic analyses, strain CUG00004T represents a novel species, for which the name Flavobacterium terriphilum sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is CUG00004T (=CCTCC AB 2014151T=KCTC 42876T)., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijsem.0.001347