Erythrobacter arachoides sp. nov., isolated from ice core Xing, Tingting and Liu, Yongqin and Wang, Ninglian and Xu, Baiqing and Liu, Keshao and Shen, Liang and Gu, Zhengquan and Guo, Bixi and Zhou, Yuguang and Liu, Hongcan,, 67, 4235-4239 (2017), doi = https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.002290, publicationName = Microbiology Society, issn = 1466-5026, abstract= A Gram-stain-negative, rod-shaped bacterial strain, designed RC4-10-4T, belonging to the genus Erythrobacter , was isolated from the East Rongbuk Glacier on the Tibetan Plateau. Strain RC4-10-4T grew optimally at pH 7.0, at 25 °C and in the presence of 2 % (w/v) NaCl. Summed feature 3 (C16 : 1 ω6c and/or iso-C15 : 0 2-OH), summed feature 8 (C18 : 1 ω7c and/or C18 : 1 ω6c) and C16 : 0 were the major fatty acids. The major polar lipids were phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylglycerol, diphosphatidylglycerol, sphingoglycolipid and phosphatidylcholine. Carotenoid was detected in the cells. The DNA G+C content of the novel strain was 66.4 mol%. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences revealed that strain RC4-10-4T formed a distinct phylogenetic lineage within the cluster comprising Erythrobacter strains. Similarities between the 16S rRNA gene sequences of strain RC4-10-4T and the closely related strains Erythrobacter luteus KCTC 42179T, Erythrobacter gangjinensis KCTC 22330T, Erythrobacter odishensis KCTC 23981T and Erythrobacter atlanticuls KCTC 42697T were 98.0, 97.6, 97.5 and 97.2 %. The DNA–DNA hybridization values were 37.6, 15.4, 29.8 and 35.8 %, respectively. Based on the phenotypic and phylogenetic characteristics, strain RC4-10-4T represents a novel species of the genus Erythrobacter , for which the name Erythrobacter arachoides sp. nov. is proposed, with the type strain RC4-10-4T (=CGMCC 1.15507T=JCM 31277T)., language=, type=