@article{mbs:/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijsem.0.002972, author = "Osman, Ghenijan and Wang, Zhifang and Wang, Ning and Shayimu, Gulinisha and Hou, Min and Guo, Wenchao and Yang, Xinping", title = "Pontibacter silvestris sp. nov., isolated from the soil of a Populus euphratica forest and emended description of the genus Pontibacter", journal= "International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology", year = "2018", volume = "68", number = "10", pages = "3243-3247", doi = "https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.002972", url = "https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijsem.0.002972", publisher = "Microbiology Society", issn = "1466-5034", type = "Journal Article", keywords = "Pontibacter", keywords = "forest soil", keywords = "Populus euphratica", abstract = "Strain XAAS-R86T, a Gram-stain-negative, short rod-shaped, non-motile, aerobic bacterium, was isolated from a Populus euphratica forest near the city of Hotan, Xinjiang, PR China. The cells were found to be positive for catalase and oxidase activities. Growth occurred optimally at 28–30 °C, pH 7.0–7.5 and in the presence of 0.5–2.0 % NaCl (w/v). The results of phylogenetic analysis of the 16S rRNA gene indicated that XAAS-R86T represents a member of the genus Pontibacter within the family Hymenobacteraceae. Pontibacter akesuensis CCTCC AB 206086T is the most closely related species with a validly published name, based on 16S rRNA gene sequence identity (95.7 %). The DNA G+C content of the strain is 43.9 mol%. The main respiratory quinone is MK-7 and the major cellular fatty acids are summed feature 4 (iso-C17 : 1I and/or anteiso-C17 : 1B) and iso-C15 : 0 and its major polar lipids are phosphatidylethanolamine and two unidentified lipids. On the basis of the results of tests performed using a polyphasic approach, XAAS-R86T represents a novel species of the genus Pontibacter , for which the name Pontibacter silvestris sp. nov. is proposed, with the type strain XAAS-R86T (=CCTCC AB 2017165T=KCTC 62047T).", }