RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Nguyen, Tuan Manh A1 Kim, JaisooYR 2016 T1 Description of Variovorax humicola sp. nov., isolated from a forest topsoil JF International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, VO 66 IS 7 SP 2520 OP 2527 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.001082 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1466-5034, AB Employing a modified cultivation method, we studied two bacterial strains, UC10 and UC38T, found on the Kyonggi University campus, Suwon in Gyeonggi-Do province, South Korea. These strains were non-spore-forming, Gram-stain-negative, motile and rod-shaped. Growth occurred in the presence of 0–2 % (w/v) NaCl, at pH 4–9 and a temperature range of 4–35 °C. On an R2A agar plate incubated for 5 days at 28 °C, irregular, raised and pale-yellowish colonies were observed. Comparative analysis of nearly full-length 16S rRNA gene sequences indicated that these strains were closely related to Variovorax guangxiensis GXGD002T, with 98.6 % similarity. Strains UC10 and UC38T were 98.0 % similar to V.ariovorax soli GH9-3T; 97.8 % to V.ariovorax dokdonensis DS-43T; 97.3–97.7 % to V.ariovorax ginsengisoli Gsoil 3165T; 97.7–98.0 % to V.ariovorax paradoxus IAM 12373T; 97.4–97.6 % to V.ariovorax defluvii 2C1-bT; and 97.3–97.4 % to V.ariovorax boronicumulans BAM-48T. The predominant ubiquinone was Q-8. The primary polar lipids were diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylglycerol and phosphatidylethanolamine. The major fatty acids were C16 : 0, summed feature 3 (C16 : 1ω7c and/or C16 : 1ω6c), summed feature 8 (C18 : 1ω7c and/or C18 : 1ω6c) and C17 : 0 cyclo. DNA–DNA hybridization assays indicated 89.2–91.4 % genomic DNA similarity between strains UC10 and UC38T. Moreover, genomic DNA similarity between these novel strains and reference strains of the genus Variovoraxwas less than the 70 %. Based on these results, strain UC38T was designated a representative of a novel species of the genus Variovorax , with the proposed name Variovorax humicola sp. nov. The type strain is UC38T (=KACC 18501T=NBRC 111520T)., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijsem.0.001082