Shinella yambaruensis sp. nov., a 3-methyl-sulfolane-assimilating bacterium isolated from soil Matsui, Toru and Shinzato, Naoya and Tamaki, Hideyuki and Muramatsu, Mizuho and Hanada, Satoshi,, 59, 536-539 (2009), doi = https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.65510-0, publicationName = Microbiology Society, issn = 1466-5026, abstract= A bacterial strain, designated MS4T, was isolated from soil in the Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan. The bacterium grew with 3-methyl sulfolane as sole sulfur source. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences suggested that strain MS4T belonged to the genus Shinella; it was closely related to the type strains of Shinella granuli and Shinella zoogloeoides (16S rRNA gene sequence similarities of 98.2 and 96.7 %, respectively). Strain MS4T was a Gram-negative, non-motile, rod-shaped, aerobic bacterium. The major respiratory quinone was ubiquinone-10 and the predominant cellular fatty acid was C18 : 1 ω7c. The DNA G+C content was 66.4 mol%. Based on phylogenetic and phenotypic traits, it was concluded that the organism represents a novel species in the genus Shinella for which the name Shinella yambaruensis sp. nov. is proposed; the type strain is MS4T (=NBRC 102122T=DSM 18801T)., language=, type=