@article{mbs:/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijsem.0.002934, author = "Ohn, Jeong-Eun and Ten, Leonid N. and Kim, Byung-Oh and Cho, Young-Je and Jung, Hee-Young", title = "Hymenobacter rufus sp. nov., a bacterium isolated from soil", journal= "International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology", year = "2018", volume = "68", number = "9", pages = "2983-2989", doi = "https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.002934", url = "https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijsem.0.002934", publisher = "Microbiology Society", issn = "1466-5034", type = "Journal Article", keywords = "Hymenobacter", keywords = "Bacteroidetes", keywords = "soil bacteria", abstract = "A bacterial strain, S1-2-2-6T, was isolated from a soil sample collected in Jeollabuk-do province, Republic of Korea. Cells of this strain were observed to be Gram-stain-negative, short and rod-shaped, and colonies were red to pink in colour. Analysis of 16S rRNA gene sequences identified this strain as representing a member of the genus Hymenobacter in the family Cytophagaceae , with the highest levels of sequence similarity being observed in relation to Hymenobacter terrae DG7AT (98.2 %), Hymenobacter rubidus DG7BT (97.9 %), Hymenobacter soli PB17T (97.7 %), and Hymenobacter daeguensis 16F3Y-2T (97.3 %). Growth of S1-2-2-6T was observed at 4–30 °C, pH 6–8 and in the presence of 0–0.5 % NaCl. The predominant respiratory quinone of this strain was menaquinone-7, the major fatty acids were C15 : 0 iso, C15 : 0 anteiso, and Summed feature 3 (C16 : 1ω7c/C16 : 1ω6c), and the major polar lipid was phosphatidylethanolamine. The genomic DNA G+C content of S1-2-2-6T was 60.7 mol%. DNA–DNA hybridization experiments with H. terrae , H. rubidus , H. soli and H. daeguensis resulted in relatedness values of 35.9 and 38.4 %, 34.2 and 30.4 %, 28.3 and 33.1 %, and 23.5 and 27.9 %, respectively. These DNA–DNA hybridization results, in addition to some differentiating phenotypic properties, clearly indicate that S1-2-2-6T is a representative of a novel species of the genus Hymenobacter , for which the name Hymenobacter rufus sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is S1-2-2-6T (=KCTC 52736T=JCM 32196T).", }