RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Jeon, Jongguen A1 Ten, Leonid N. A1 Lee, Jae-Jin A1 Lee, Seung-Yeol A1 Park, Sangkyu A1 Cho, Young-Je A1 Kim, Myung Kyum A1 Jung, Hee-YoungYR 2018 T1 Larkinella knui sp. nov., isolated from soil JF International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, VO 68 IS 2 SP 582 OP 588 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.002550 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1466-5034, AB A Gram-stain-negative, motile by gliding, rod-shaped, aerobic bacterium, designated 15J6-3T6T, was isolated from a soil sample collected from Jeju Island, South Korea, and characterized taxonomically using a polyphasic approach. Comparative 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis showed that strain 15J6-3T6T belongs to the family Cytophagaceae and is related to Larkinella harenae 15J9-9T (93.9 % similarity), Larkinella arboricola Z0532T (93.6 %), Larkinella bovis M2TB15T (93.3 %), and Larkinella insperata LMG 22510T (93.3 %). The DNA G+C content of strain 15J6-3T6T was 50.6 mol%. The detection of phosphatidylethanolamine and an unidentified polar lipid as major polar lipids, menaquinone-7 as the predominant quinone, and C16 : 1ω5c, iso-C15 : 0, and iso-C17 : 0 3-OH as the major fatty acids also supports the affiliation of the isolate to the genus Larkinella . Based on its phenotypic properties and phylogenetic distinctiveness, we propose that strain 15J6-3T6T should be classified in the genus Larkinella as a representative of a novel species, for which the name Larkinella knui sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is 15J6-3T6T (=KCTC 42998T=JCM 31989T), UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijsem.0.002550