RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Xu, Guantang A1 Chang, Jupu A1 Xue, Han A1 Guo, Minwei A1 Piao, Chun-gen A1 Li, YongYR 2018 T1 Herbaspirillum piri sp. nov., isolated from bark of a pear tree JF International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, VO 68 IS 11 SP 3652 OP 3656 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.003050 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1466-5034, AB A Gram-stain-negative, aerobic, motile bacterial strain, shQ-4T, was isolated from a pear tree in Henan Province, China. The strain grew at 10–41 °C, at pH 4.0–8.0 and in the presence of 1–3 % (w/v) NaCl. It shared highest 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity (96.66 %) with Herbaspirillum chlorophenolicum CPW301T. The phylogenetic tree based on 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that strain shQ-4T formed a distinct branch next to reference species in the genus Herbaspirillum . The profile of major polar lipids of strain shQ-4T contained phosphatidylethanolamine (PE), diphosphatidylglycerol (DPG), phosphatidylglycerol (PG) and an unidentified aminophospholipid (APL). The major respiratory quinone was Q-8. The major fatty acids of this strain were C16 : 0, summed feature 3 (C16 : 1ω6c/C16 : 1ω7c), C17 : 0 cyclo and C18 : 0. Strain shQ-4T is considered to represent a novel species of the genus Herbaspirillum , with the proposed name Herbaspirillum piri sp. nov. The type strain is shQ-4T (=CFCC 14641T=KCTC 52804T)., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijsem.0.003050