Izhakiella australiensis sp. nov. isolated from an Australian desert soil Ji, Mukan and Tang, Sihui and Ferrari, Belinda C.,, 67, 4317-4322 (2017), doi = https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.002171, publicationName = Microbiology Society, issn = 1466-5026, abstract= A Gram-stain-negative, rod-shaped, non-motile bacterium, designated D4N98T, was isolated from a desert soil near Glendambo, Australia. The taxonomic position of strain D4N98T was investigated using a polyphasic approach. Strain D4N98T shared 97 % 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity with the only reference strain of the genus Izhakiella ( Izhakiella capsodis N6PO6T), and less than 96 % similarity with other species of genera in the family Enterobacteriaceae with validly published names. Phylogenetic analysis, based on 16S rRNA, rpoB, atpD, gyrB genes and a concatenated sequence comprising 37 single copy marker genes, as well as chemotaxonomic data (major polar lipids: phosphatidyl ethanolamine, phosphatidylglycerol, diphosphatidylglycerol, a neutral lipid, and a glycolipid. Major fatty acids (>10 %): C16 : 0, C17 : 0 cyclo, summed feature 2 (C14 : 0 3-OH and/or iso-C16 : 1 I), summed feature 3 (C16 : 1ω7c and/or C16 : 1ω6c), summed feature 8 (C18  : 1ω7c and/or C18 : 1ω6c) support the affiliation of this strain to the genus Izhakiella . The results of in silico DNA–DNA hybridisation plus physiological and biochemical tests allowed genotypic and phenotypic differentiation of strain D4N98T from the other species of the genus Izhakiella with validly published names. Therefore, strain D4N98T represents a novel species, for which the name Izhakiella australiensis sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is D4N98T (LMG 30066T=DSM 105030T)., language=, type=