RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Long, Xiufeng A1 Liu, Bo A1 Zhang, Shuai A1 Zhang, Yuqin A1 Zeng, Zhigang A1 Tian, YongqiangYR 2016 T1 Sphingobacterium griseoflavum sp. nov., isolated from the insect Teleogryllus occipitalis living in deserted cropland JF International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, VO 66 IS 5 SP 1956 OP 1961 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.000970 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1466-5034, AB A Gram-stain-negative, aerobic, rod-shaped, non-motile bacterial strain, designated SCU-B140T, was isolated from the insect Teleogryllus occipitalis. Phylogenetic analysis on the basis of 16S rRNA gene sequence showed that strain SCU-B140T belonged to the genus Sphingobacterium. Sphingobacterium bambusae KCTC 22814T (97.87 %) was identified as the most closely related phylogenetic neighbour of strain SCU-B140T. The novel strain was able to grow at salt concentrations of 0–4 % (w/v), at temperatures of 10–40 °C, and at a pH of 6.0–9.0. The major cellular fatty acids were iso-C15 : 0, summed feature 3 (iso-C15 : 0 2-OH and/or C16 : 1ω7c), C16 : 0, C16 : 0 3-OH, C18 : 0 and C14 : 0. The major polar lipids consisted of phosphatidylethanolamine, three unknown aminophospholipids, an unknown glycolipid and three unknown polar lipids. MK-7 was the major isoprenoid quinone. The DNA G+C content was 41.2 mol%. The DNA–DNA relatedness value between SCU-B140T and S. bambusae KCTC 22814T was found to be 30.15 %. According to these results, strain SCU-B140T represents a novel species of the genus Sphingobacterium, for which the name Sphingobacterium griseoflavum sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is SCU-B140T ( = KCTC 42158T = CGMCC 1.12966T)., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijsem.0.000970