RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Subhash, Y. A1 Sasikala, Ch. A1 Ramana, Ch. V.YR 2014 T1 Sphingopyxis contaminans sp. nov., isolated from a contaminated Petri dish JF International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, VO 64 IS Pt_7 SP 2238 OP 2243 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.061937-0 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1466-5034, AB Strain JC216T was isolated from a contaminated Petri dish. Colonies were of pale yellow colour and cells were Gram-stain-negative, oxidase-positive and catalase-positive. Chitin, starch and gelatin were not hydrolysed. Strain JC216T contained C18 : 1ω7c/C18 : 1ω6c, C16 : 1ω7c/C16 : 1ω6c, C14 : 0 2-OH and C16 : 0 as the major (≥8 %) fatty acids with minor amounts of C12 : 0, C15 : 0 2-OH, C16 : 0 2-OH, C16  : 1 2-OH, C17 : 1ω6c, C17 : 1ω8c and C17 : 1ω9c. Diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylcholine and sphingoglycolipid were the major polar lipids. Minor amounts of unidentified amino lipids and unidentified lipids were also detected. The major hopanoids identified were bacterial hopane derivatives and diplopterol. Minor amounts of diploptene and an unidentified hopanoid were also present. Spermidine was the major polyamine with minor amounts of sym-homospermidine and putrescine. N-Acetylglucosamine and fructose were identified as major cell-wall sugars along with minor amounts of mannose and galactose. The genomic DNA G+C content was 55 mol%. Comparisons of the16S rRNA gene sequence indicated that strain JC216T represents a member of the genus Sphingopyxis in the family Sphingomonadaceae within the class Alphaproteobacteria . Strain JC216T had a sequence similarity of 97.28 % with Sphingopyxis wooponensis 03SU3-PT and <96.71 % with other members of the family Sphingomonadaceae . Furthermore, strain JC216T had 33±1 % relatedness (based on DNA–DNA hybridization) with S. wooponensis KCTC 23340T ( = 03SU3-PT). Distinct morphological, physiological and genotypic differences from the previously described taxa support the classification of strain JC216T as a representative of a novel species in the genus Sphingopyxis , for which the name Sphingopyxis contaminans sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is JC216T ( = KCTC 32445T = LMG 27671T)., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.061937-0