RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Jung, Yong-Taek A1 Lee, Soo-Young A1 Choi, Won-Chan A1 Oh, Tae-Kwang A1 Yoon, Jung-HoonYR 2012 T1 Pedobacter boryungensis sp. nov., isolated from soil JF International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, VO 62 IS 1 SP 13 OP 17 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.028183-0 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1466-5034, AB A Gram-negative, non-sporulating, non-flagellated rod, designated BR-9T, was isolated from soil collected on the Korean peninsula. Strain BR-9T grew optimally at pH 6.0–7.0, at 30 °C and in the absence of NaCl. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences revealed that strain BR-9T belonged to the genus Pedobacter and clustered with Pedobacter insulae DS-139T and Pedobacter koreensis WPCB189T. Strain BR-9T exhibited 98.2 and 97.5 % 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity with P. insulae DS-139T and P. koreensis WPCB189T, respectively, and <96.7 % sequence similarity with the type strains of other species in the genus Pedobacter. Strain BR-9T contained MK-7 as the predominant menaquinone and iso-C15 : 0 and summed feature 3 (C16 : 1ω7c and/or iso-C15 : 0 2-OH) as the major fatty acids. The DNA G+C content of strain BR-9T was 38.5 mol%. DNA–DNA relatedness between strain BR-9T and P. insulae DS-139T and P. koreensis KCTC 12536T was 3.4–4.2 %, which indicated that the isolate was genetically distinct from these type strains. Strain BR-9T was also distinguishable by differences in phenotypic properties. On the basis of the data presented, strain BR-9T is considered to represent a novel species of the genus Pedobacter, for which the name Pedobacter boryungensis sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is BR-9T ( = KCTC 23344T  = CCUG 60024T)., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.028183-0