RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Zhang, Hao A1 Zhang, Jing A1 Song, Man A1 Cheng, Ming-gen A1 Wu, Ya-dong A1 Guo, Su-hui A1 Li, Qiang A1 Hong, Qing A1 Huang, XingYR 2015 T1 Pedobacter nanyangensis sp. nov., isolated from herbicide-contaminated soil JF International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, VO 65 IS Pt_10 SP 3517 OP 3521 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.000448 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1466-5034, AB A Gram-stain-negative, strictly aerobic, non-spore-forming, motile, rod-shaped bacterium, designated Q-4T, was isolated from a herbicide-contaminated soil sample in Nanyang, Henan province, China. Strain Q-4T grew optimally in the LB medium without NaCl supplement at a pH range of 6.0–7.0 and a temperature of 30 °C. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that strain Q-4T was most closely related to ‘Pedobacter zeaxanthinifaciens’ TDMA-5 (97.4 % 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity), followed by Pedobacter xixiisoli S27T (95.8 %). The genomic DNA G+C content of strain Q-4T was 41.8 mol%. MK-7 was the major respiratory quinone. Phosphatidylethanolamine and phosphoaminolipid were the major polar lipids. The major fatty acids were iso-C15 : 0, iso-C17 : 0 3-OH, C16 : 1ω6c and/or C16 : 1ω7c (summed feature 3) and C16 : 1ω7c/C16 : 1ω6c (summed feature 3). Strain Q-4T showed low DNA–DNA relatedness with ‘P. zeaxanthinifaciens’ TDMA-5 (21.4 ± 0.6 %). Physiological and biochemical characteristics are able to distinguish strain Q-4T from the most closely related species of the genus Pedobacter. On the basis of genotypic and phenotypic data, strain Q-4T is considered to represent a novel species of the genus Pedobacter, for which the name Pedobacter nanyangensis sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is Q-4T ( = KCTC 42442T = ACCC 19798T)., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijsem.0.000448