%0 Journal Article %A Chen, Wen-Ming %A Hsieh, Tsai-Ying %A Sheu, Shih-Yi %T Mucilaginibacter amnicola sp. nov., isolated from a freshwater creek %D 2018 %J International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, %V 68 %N 1 %P 394-401 %@ 1466-5034 %R https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.002518 %K Bacteroidetes %K Sphingobacteriaceae %K Sphingobacteria %K Mucilaginibacter amnicola %K new taxa %K Sphingobacteriales %I Microbiology Society, %X A pink-coloured bacterial strain, TAPP7T, was isolated from a freshwater creek in Taiwan. Phylogenetic analyses based on 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that strain TAPP7T belonged to the genus Mucilaginibacter and showed highest similarity with Mucilaginibacter ginsengisoli B4Y-8T (97.6 %) and Mucilaginibacter carri PR0008KT (96.9 %). Cells of strain TAPP7T were Gram-staining-negative, aerobic, poly-β-hydroxybutyrate-accumulating and short-rod-shaped. Growth occurred at 10–30 °C (optimum, 15–20 °C), at pH 4–8 (optimum, pH 6) and with 0–1 % NaCl (optimum, 0.5 %). The predominant fatty acids were summed feature 3 (C16 : 1ω7c and/or C16 : 1ω6c) and iso-C15 : 0. The polar lipid profile consisted of phosphatidylethanolamine and several uncharacterized aminophospholipids and phospholipids. The major polyamine was homospermidine. The major isoprenoid quinone was MK-7. The DNA G+C content of the genomic DNA was 45.6 mol%. The DNA–DNA relatedness of strain TAPP7T with respect to Mucilaginibacter ginsengisoli B4Y-8T was less than 35 %. On the basis of the phylogenetic inference and phenotypic data, strain TAPP7T should be classified as a novel species, for which the name Mucilaginibacter amnicola sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is TAPP7T (=BCRC 80976T=LMG 29556T=KCTC 52238T). %U https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijsem.0.002518