%0 Journal Article %A Han, Hui %A Gao, Shan %A Wang, Qi %A He, Lin-Yan %A Sheng, Xia-Fang %T Saccharibacillus qingshengii sp. nov., isolated from a lead-cadmium tailing %D 2016 %J International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, %V 66 %N 11 %P 4645-4649 %@ 1466-5034 %R https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.001404 %K Saccharibacillus %K Firmicutes %K new species %K Saccharibacillus qingshengii sp. nov. %I Microbiology Society, %X A Gram-stain-positive, strictly aerobic strain, H6T, was isolated from a soil sample of lead-cadmium tailing in Qixia district, Nanjing (China). Cells of the strain are rod-shaped and colonies on LB agar are red. Strain H6T has subpolar and polar flagella and the optimal condition for growth is 30 °C, with 1 % (w/v) NaCl and at pH 7.0. Based on the 16S rRNA gene sequences, phylogenetic analysis showed that strain H6T was closely related to the genus Saccharibacillus , and the closest relatives were Saccharibacillus deserti WLJ055T (99.0 % 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity), Saccharibacillus kuerlensis HR1T (97.0 %) and Saccharibacillus sacchari GR21T (96.4 %). The DNA–DNA relatedness value between strain H6T and S. deserti WLJ055T was 55.0 %. The major polar lipids of strain H6T were diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylglycerol, phosphoglycolipid and three unknown glycolipids. The DNA G+C content was 58.4 mol% and MK-7 was the major isoprenoid quinone. The major fatty acids were anteiso-C15 : 0 and C16 : 0. meso-Diaminopimelic acid was detected in the peptidoglycan. Based on the phylogenetic, biochemical and chemotaxonomic data, strain H6T represents a novel species of the genus Saccharibacillus , for which the name Saccharibacillus qingshengii sp. nov., is proposed. The type strain is H6T (=CCTCC AB 2016001T=JCM 31172T). %U https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijsem.0.001404