RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Ren, Mengnan A1 Li, Xiaoyan A1 Zhang, Yueqi A1 Jin, Yu A1 Li, Siqi A1 Huang, HaidongYR 2018 T1 Massilia armeniaca sp. nov., isolated from desert soil JF International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, VO 68 IS 7 SP 2319 OP 2324 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.002836 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1466-5034, AB A Gram-stain-negative, aerobic, motile and rod-shaped bacterium, strain ZMN-3T, was isolated from desert soil sample collected from Ongniod Qi, Inner Mongolia, China. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that strain ZMN-3T was affiliated with the genus Massilia and showed the highest similarity to Massilia humi THG S6-8T (98.9 %) and Massilia buxea A9T (98.2 %). In partial gyrB and lepA sequences, the highest similarity of strain ZMN-3T and M. humi THG S6-8T were 95.9 and 96.8 %, respectively. The DNA–DNA hybridization value between strain ZMN-3T and its closely related type strains were all below 70 %. The major respiratory quinone of strain ZMN-3T was Q-8 and the major cellular fatty acids consisted of summed feature 3 (C16 : 1ω7c and/or C16 : 1ω6c) and C16 : 0. The predominant polar lipids contained diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylethanolamine and an unidentified phospholipid. The DNA G+C content of strain ZMN-3T was 66.3 mol%. On the basis of this polyphasic taxonomic study, strain ZMN-3T is considered to represent a novel species of the genus Massilia , for which the name Massilia armeniaca sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is ZMN-3T (=CGMCC 1.16209T=DSM 104676T)., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijsem.0.002836