RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Yang, Zi-Wen A1 Salam, Nimaichand A1 Mohany, Mohamed A1 Chinnathambi, Arunachalam A1 Alharbi, Sulaiman Ali A1 Xiao, Min A1 Hozzein, Wael N. A1 Li, Wen-JunYR 2018 T1 Microbacterium album sp. nov. and Microbacterium deserti sp. nov., two halotolerant actinobacteria isolated from desert soil JF International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, VO 68 IS 1 SP 217 OP 222 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.002485 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1466-5034, AB Strains SYSU D8007T and SYSU D8014T were isolated from desert soil collected from Saudi Arabia. The two isolates were Gram-stain-positive, non-motile, aerobic and non-spore-forming. These strains were able to grow at 4–45 °C and in the presence of up to 8 % (w/v) NaCl. Strain SYSU D8007T could grow at pH 6.0–10.0, and strain SYSU D8014T at pH 5.0–10.0. They shared highest 16S rRNA gene sequence similarities with Microbacterium marinilacus YM11-607T and Microbacterium paludicola US15T. Menaquinones MK-11 and MK-12 were detected as the respiratory quinones. The polar lipid profiles of strains SYSU D8007T and SYSU D8014T consisted of diphosphatidylglycerol and phosphatidylglycerol, but differed in the number of unidentified glycolipids. Strain SYSU D8007T contained anteiso-C15 : 0, anteiso-C17 : 0 and iso-C16 : 0 as the predominant fatty acids, while strain SYSU D8014T contained anteiso-C15 : 0 and anteiso-C17 : 0 as the major fatty acids (>10 %). While glucose, rhamnose and ribose were detected in strain SYSU D8007T as the whole-cell sugars, galactose, glucose and rhamnose were present in strain SYSU D8014T. The genomic DNA G+C content of strains SYSU D8007T and SYSU D8014T was 72.2 and 73.6 mol%, respectively. Based on phenotypic, genotypic and phylogenetic characteristics, it can be concluded that strains SYSU D8007T and SYSU D8014T represent two novel species of the genus Microbacterium , for which the names Microbacterium album sp. nov. and Microbacterium deserti sp. nov. are proposed, respectively. The type strains are SYSU D8007T (=CGMCC 1.15794T=KCTC 39990T) and SYSU D8014T (=CPCC 204619T=KCTC39991T)., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijsem.0.002485