RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Liu, Lei A1 Hui, Nan A1 Liang, Li-xiong A1 Zhang, Xiao-xia A1 Li, Lu-bin A1 Sun, Qi-wuYR 2018 T1 Sphingobacterium haloxyli sp. nov., an endophytic bacterium isolated from Haloxylon ammodendron stems in Kumtag desert JF International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, VO 68 IS 10 SP 3279 OP 3284 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.002982 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1466-5034, AB A Gram-stain-negative, non-motile, aerobic, non-spore-forming, rod-shaped, bacterial strain, designated 5JN-11T, was isolated from Haloxylonammodendron stems in Kumtag desert, Xinjiang province, China. Strain 5JN-11T grew at salinities of 0–6 % (w/v; optimum 0–2 %), a pH of 7.0–9.0 (pH 7.0–8.0) and temperatures of 20–42 °C (28–30 °C). Based on 16S rRNA gene sequences, the strain was designated a member of the genus Sphingobacterium and the phylogenetic analysis showed that strain 5JN-11T shared the highest similarity to Sphingobacterium gobiense H7T, followed by Sphingobacterium chuzhouense DH-5T and Sphingobacterium arenae H-12T. The unfinished draft genome of strain 5JN-11T was 4.69 Mb. The G+C content of strain 5JN-11T was 42.8 mol%. The average nucleotide identity to S. gobiense H7T was 90.5 %. The respiratory quinone was MK-7, and the major polar lipids were phosphatidylethanolamine and phosphoglycolipid. The predominant cellular fatty acids were summed feature 3 (C16 : 1ω7c and/or C16 : 1ω6c), iso-C15 : 0 and iso-C17 : 0 3-OH. On the basis of phenotypic, genotypic and phylogenetic evidence, strain 5JN-11T represents a novel species in the genus Sphingobacterium , for which the name Sphingobacterium haloxyli sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is 5JN-11T (=ACCC 60072T=KCTC 62457T)., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijsem.0.002982