Sphingobacterium anhuiense sp. nov., isolated from forest soil Wei, Wei and Zhou, Yu and Wang, Xu and Huang, Xing and Lai, Ren,, 58, 2098-2101 (2008), doi = https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.65864-0, publicationName = Microbiology Society, issn = 1466-5026, abstract= A Gram-negative bacterium, designated strain CW 186T, was isolated from forest soil in Anhui province, China. Cells of strain CW 186T were strictly aerobic, non-motile and rod-shaped. The strain grew optimally at 25–30 °C and pH 6.0–8.0. The major cellular fatty acids of strain CW 186T were iso-C15 : 0 (32.2 %), iso-C17 : 0 3-OH (9.8 %) and summed feature 3 (iso-C15 : 0 2-OH and/or C16 : 1 ω7c; 33.7 %). The predominant isoprenoid quinone was MK-7. The G+C content of the genomic DNA was 36.3 mol%. Phylogenetic analysis using 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that strain CW 186T formed a monophyletic cluster with Sphingobacterium daejeonense LMG 23402T, Sphingobacterium composti LMG 23401T, Sphingobacterium composti DSM 18850T, Sphingobacterium mizutaii ATCC 33299T and Sphingobacterium spiritivorum ATCC 33861T. Sequence similarities were less than 94 % (the maximal similarity was about 93.9 % to S. composti LMG 23401T) to Sphingobacterium species with validly published names. A polyphasic taxonomic study including chemotaxonomic and phylogenetic analyses demonstrated that strain CW 186T should be classified as representing a novel species of the genus Sphingobacterium, for which the name Sphingobacterium anhuiense sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is CW 186T (=KCTC 22209T=CCTCC AB 207197T)., language=, type=