RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Chen, Xiu A1 Li, Gui-Ding A1 Li, Qin-Yuan A1 Xu, Fang-Ji A1 Jiang, Cheng-Lin A1 Han, Li A1 Huang, Xue-Shi A1 Jiang, YiYR 2016 T1 Microbacterium faecale sp. nov., isolated from the faeces of Columba livia JF International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, VO 66 IS 11 SP 4445 OP 4450 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.001372 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1466-5034, AB A novel, yellow, aerobic strain, YIM 101168T, isolated from the faeces of a dove (Columba livia), was studied to determine its taxonomic position. Cells were Gram-stain-positive, short rod-shaped, oxidase-negative, catalase-positive and non-motile. The strain could grow at 7–37 °C, at pH 6-10 and in the presence of 0–13 % (w/v) NaCl. The strain had a 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity and DNA–DNA hybridization relatedness value with Microbacterium gubbeenense NCIMB 30129T of 97.8 % and 41.5±8.7 %, respectively. Ornithine was detected as the diagnostic amino acid in the hydrolysate of the cell wall. Whole-cell sugars were found to be galactose, glucose, rhamnose, mannose and ribose. Major fatty acids (>10 %) were iso-C16 : 0, anteiso-C15 : 0 and anteiso-C17 : 0. Major menaquinones were identified as MK-10, MK-11 and MK-12. The polar lipids included diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylinositol, glycolipids and four unidentified lipids. The phylogenetic analyses as well as the chemotaxonomic and phenotypic characteristics indicate that strain YIM 101168T represents a novel species of the genus Microbacterium ; the name Microbacterium faecale sp. nov. is proposed for the novel species and the type strain is YIM 101168T (=DSM 27232T=KCTC 39554T=CGMCC 1.15152T)., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijsem.0.001372