RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Borsodi, Andrea K. A1 Szili-Kovács, Tibor A1 Schumann, Peter A1 Spröer, Cathrin A1 Márialigeti, Károly A1 Tóth, ErikaYR 2017 T1 Nesterenkonia pannonica sp. nov., a novel alkaliphilic and moderately halophilic actinobacterium JF International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, VO 67 IS 10 SP 4116 OP 4120 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.002263 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1466-5034, AB An alkaliphilic and moderately halophilic bacterial strain characterized by optimal growth at pH 9.0–10.0 and with 5–7 % (w/v) NaCl, designated BV-35T, was isolated from water of a soda pan located in Kiskunság National Park, Hungary. Cells of the orange-pigmented colony were Gram-stain-positive, non-motile and non-endospore-forming coccoid rods. The isolate was strictly aerobic, catalase-positive and oxidase-negative. Strain BV-35T displayed a peptidoglycan similar to type A4α, l-Lys–l-Glu (A11.54 according to www.peptidoglycan-types.info) but containing additionally 4-aminobutyric acid. Menaquinone-7 (MK-7) was the predominant isoprenoid quinone, and anteiso-C15 : 0 and anteiso-C17 : 0 were its major cellular fatty acids. The DNA G+C content of strain BV-35T was 65.4 mol%. Based on 16S rRNA gene sequence similarities, the novel isolate showed the closest relationship to Nesterenkonia populi GP 10-3T (97.9 %). The DNA–DNA relatedness between BV-35T and N. populi was 46.7 %. The distinguishing phenotypic and genetic results of this polyphasic study revealed that strain BV-35T represents a novel member of the genus Nesterenkonia , for which the name Nesterenkonia pannonica sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is BV-35T (=DSM 29786T=NCAIM B 02606T)., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijsem.0.002263