RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Zhang, Shuai A1 Gan, Longzhan A1 Qin, Qiumian A1 Long, Xiufeng A1 Zhang, Yuqin A1 Chu, Yiwen A1 Tian, YongqiangYR 2016 T1 Paracoccusacridae sp. nov., isolated from the insect Acrida cinerea living in deserted cropland JF International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, VO 66 IS 9 SP 3492 OP 3497 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.001222 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1466-5034, AB A Gram-stain-negative, aerobic, rod-shaped, non-motile bacterial strain, designated SCU-M53T, was isolated from the insect Acrida cinerea. Phylogenetic analysis on the basis of 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that strain SCU-M53T belonged to the genus Paracoccus , having Paracoccus chinensis NBRC 104937T (97.04 % 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity) and Paracoccus niistensis KCTC 22789T (96.70 %) as the most closely related phylogenetic neighbours. Growth occurred at 10–40 °C (optimum 25–30 °C), pH 5.0–10.0 (optimum pH 6.5–7.5) and with 0–4 % (w/v) NaCl (optimum 0–1 % NaCl). The fatty acids of strain SCU-M53T were C18 : 1 ω7c, C18 : 0, C16 : 0, C14 : 0 3-OH, C14 : 0 and C10 : 0 3-OH. The polar lipids consisted of phosphatidylglycerol, diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylcholine, an unknown aminolipid, two unknown phospholipids and two unknown lipids. The isoprenoid quinone was ubiquinone-10. The DNA G+C content was 60.6 mol%. Strain SCU-M53T exhibited 36.5 and 28.6 % DNA–DNA relatedness to P. chinensis NBRC 104937T and P. niistensis KCTC 22789T, respectively. According to these results, strain SCU-M53T represents a novel species of the genus Paracoccus , for which the name Paracoccus acridae sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is SCU-M53T (=KCTC 42932T=CGMCC 1.15419T)., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijsem.0.001222