Arthrobacter silvisoli sp. nov., isolated from forest soil Yan, Rui and Fu, Yansong and Liu, Dongli and Jiang, Shanwen and Ju, Hanxun and Guo, Xiaokui and Guo, Xiaowei and Wang, Xiangjing and Zhang, Ji and Xiang, Wensheng,, 68, 3892-3896 (2018), doi = https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.003085, publicationName = Microbiology Society, issn = 1466-5026, abstract= A novel Gram-stain-positive, strictly aerobic strain, NEAU-SA1T, which showed a rod–coccus growth life cycle, was isolated from forest soil from Zhangjiajie, Hunan Province, China. The isolate grew at 10–40 °C (optimum 28 °C), at pH 5.0–10.0 (optimum pH 7.0) and in the presence of up to 5 % (w/v) NaCl, although NaCl was not required for growth. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences indicated that strain NEAU-SA1T belonged to the genus Arthrobacter and was closely related to Arthrobacter cupressi DSM 24664T (98.1 % similarity). Average nucleotide identity values between NEAU-SA1T and A. cupressi DSM 24664T were 88.91 and 87.41 % by ANIm and ANIb analysis, respectively. The in silico DNA–DNA hybridization value between strain NEAU-SA1T and A. cupressi DSM 24664T was 34.20 %, again indicating they belong to different taxa. The genomic DNA G+C content was 66.74 mol%. The major cellular fatty acids (>10 %) were anteiso-C15 : 0, anteiso-C17 : 0 and iso-C16 : 0. The polar lipids were diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylinositol and two unidentified glycolipids. The predominant menaquinone was MK-9(H2). The peptidoglycan type was A3α with an interpeptide bridge comprising l-Lys and l-Ala. Glucose, ribose and galactose were the whole-cell sugars. On the basis of morphological, physiological, biochemical and chemotaxonomic analysis, strain NEAU-SA1T was classified as representing a novel species in the genus Arthrobacter , for which the name Arthrobacter silvisoli sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is NEAU-SA1T (=DSM 106716T=CCTCC AB 2017271T)., language=, type=