@article{mbs:/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijsem.0.001655, author = "Moradi, Azam and Ebrahimipour, Gholam Hosein and Mohr, Kathrin I. and Kämpfer, Peter and Glaeser, Stefanie P. and Hennessen, Fabienne and Gemperlein, Katja and Awal, Ram Prasad and Wolf, Corinna and Müller, Rolf and Wink, Joachim", title = "Racemicystis persica sp. nov., a myxobacterium from soil", journal= "International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology", year = "2017", volume = "67", number = "2", pages = "472-478", doi = "https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.001655", url = "https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijsem.0.001655", publisher = "Microbiology Society", issn = "1466-5034", type = "Journal Article", keywords = "Myxococcales", keywords = "myxobacteria", keywords = "Racemicystis", abstract = "A novel myxobacterium, strain MSr11462T, was isolated in 2015 from a soil sample collected form Kish Island beach, Persian Gulf, Iran. It displayed general myxobacterial features like Gram-negative staining, rod-shaped vegetative cells, gliding on solid surfaces, microbial lytic activity, fruiting-body-like aggregates and myxospore-like structures. The strain was mesophilic, aerobic and showed a chemoheterotrophic mode of nutrition. It was resistant to many antibiotics like gentamycin, polymyxin, fusidic acid and trimethoprim, and the key fatty acids of whole-cell hydrolysates were iso-C15 : 0, C16 : 0, iso-C17 : 0, C18 : 1, iso-C17 : 1 2-OH, C18 : 1 2-OH, iso-C15 : 0 OAG (O-alkylglycerol) and C16 : 1 OAG. The 16S rRNA gene sequence showed highest similarity (98.6 %) to Racemicystis crocea strain MSr9521T (GenBank accession no. KT591707). The phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences and matrix-assisted laser-desorption/ionization time-of-flight (MALDI-TOF) spectroscopy data supports a novel species of the family Polyangiaceae and the genus Racemicystis . DNA–DNA hybridization showed only about 50 % similarity between the novel strain and the phylogenetically closest species, Racemicystis. crocea MSr9521T. On the basis of a comprehensive taxonomic study, we propose a novel species, Racemicystis persica sp. nov., for strain MSr11462T (=DSM 103165T=NCCB 100606T).", }