RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Kim, Jeong Myeong A1 Lee, Shin Ae A1 Cho, Hayoung A1 Kim, Soo-Jin A1 Joa, Jae-Ho A1 Kwon, Soon-Wo A1 Weon, Hang-YeonYR 2017 T1 Parapedobacter lycopersici sp. nov., isolated from the rhizosphere soil of tomato plants (Solanum lycopersicum L.) JF International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, VO 67 IS 10 SP 3728 OP 3732 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.002162 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1466-5034, AB A novel Gram-stain-negative bacterial strain, designated T16R-256T, was isolated from the rhizosphere soil of tomato plants grown in a greenhouse in Yecheon-gun, Gyeongsangbuk-do, Republic of Korea and characterized using polyphasic taxonomy. Cells were aerobic, non-flagellated and rod-shaped. Colonies were light yellow, convex and round. The strain grew in the temperature range of 15–37 °C (optimally at 28–30 °C) and pH range of 7.0–9.0 (optimally at 7.0–8.0) and in 4 % NaCl (w/v). A comparison of 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that strain T16R-256T is a member of the genus Parapedobacter , exhibiting high sequence similarity with Parapedobacter pyrenivorans P-4T (94.2 %), Parapedobacter indicus RK1T (93.7 %), Parapedobacter koreensis Jip14T (93.7 %), Parapedobacter luteus 4M29T (93.6 %) and Parapedobacter soli DCY14T (93.4 %). The major polar lipids were phosphatidylethanolamine, sphingolipid, one aminophospholipid, two aminolipids and three unknown lipids. The major fatty acids (>10 % of the total fatty acids) were iso-C15 : 0, iso-C17 : 0 3-OH and iso-C15 : 0 2-OH/C16 : 1ω7c. Strain T16R-256T contained MK-7 as the predominant respiratory quinone and homospermidine as the major polyamine. The genomic DNA G+C content of the type strain was 55.5 mol%. On the basis of phenotypic, chemotaxonomic and phylogenetic data, strain T16R-256T should be designated as representative of a novel species of the genus Parapedobacter , for which the name Parapedobacter lycopersici sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is T16R-256T (=KACC 18788T=JCM 31602T)., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijsem.0.002162