RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Yu, Zhen A1 Zhuang, Li A1 Pan, Jiafeng A1 Wang, Yueqiang A1 Zhou, ShunguiYR 2016 T1 Nitratireductor lacus sp. nov., isolated from Yuncheng Salt Lake, China JF International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, VO 66 IS 12 SP 4963 OP 4967 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.001453 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1466-5034, AB This is the taxonomic study of a novel bacterial strain, designated GSS14T, isolated from a sediment sample of Yuncheng Salt Lake, China. Cells were Gram-negative, ovoid to rod-shaped and motile by means of flagella. The isolate could grow at 10–45 °C, at pH 6.5–11.0 and in the presence of 0–12 % (w/v) NaCl. The dominant fatty acids were summed feature 8 (consisting of C18 : 1ω7c and/or C18 : 1ω6c; 76.7 %) and the DNA G+C content was 61 mol%. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that strain GSS14T was affiliated with the genus Nitratireductor , and it was most closely related to Nitratireductor kimnyeongensis KY 101T (98.2 % 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity) and Nitratireductor aquibiodomus JCM 21793T (96.6 %). DNA–DNA hybridization between strains GSS14T and N. kimnyeongensis KY 101T revealed 52 % relatedness. Phenotypic, chemotaxonomic and phylogenetic data support assignment of this isolate to the genus Nitratireductor as a representative of a novel species. The name Nitratireductor lacus sp. nov. is proposed, with strain GSS14T (=KCTC 52186T=MCCC 1K02481) as the type strain., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijsem.0.001453