%0 Journal Article %A Zhang, Hui %A Li, Yan-Qiong %A Xiao, Min %A Fang, Bao-Zhu %A Alkhalifah, Dalal Hussien M. %A Hozzein, Wael N. %A Rao, Manik Prabhu Narsing %A Li, Wen-Jun %T Description of Paracoccus endophyticus sp. nov., isolated from Gastrodia elata Blume %D 2019 %J International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, %V 69 %N 1 %P 261-265 %@ 1466-5034 %R https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.003142 %K Gastrodia elata Blume %K endophyte %K Paracoccus endophyticus %K genome analysis %I Microbiology Society, %X A Gram-stain-negative, strictly aerobic, non-motile strain, SYSUP0003T, was isolated from tubers of Gastrodia elata Blume. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences indicated that strain SYSUP0003T belonged to the genus Paracoccus , with the highest sequence similarity to the type strain of Paracoccus sediminis (97.5 %). Strain SYSUP0003T grew at pH 6.0–8.0 and 4–30 °C with optimum growth at pH 7.0 and 28 °C. Strain SYSUP0003T could tolerate up to 1 % (w/v) NaCl and grew optimally in the absence of NaCl. The isoprenoid quinone of strain SYSUP0003T was Q-10. The major fatty acids were C18 : 0, C16 : 0, C10 : 0 3-OH and summed feature 7. The polar lipids were diphosphatidylglycerol (DPG), aminophospholipids (AL), phosphatidylglycerol (PG), phosphatidylcholine (PC) and four unidentified polar lipids (L). The genome size was 3 204 685 bp, with a DNA G+C content of 69.7 mol%. The average nucleotide identity values between strain SYSUP0003T and P. sediminis DSM 26170T (ANIm 84.2 %, ANIb 75.6 %), Paracoccus solventivorans DSM 6637T (ANIm 84.5 %, ANIb 76.9 %) and Paracoccus alkenifer DSM 11593T (ANIm 84.3 %, ANIb 77.3 %) were below the cut-off level (95–96 %) for species delineation. Based on phenotypic, chemotaxonomic and molecular characterizations, strain SYSUP0003T represents a novel species of the genus Paracoccus , for which the name Paracoccus endophyticus sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is SYSUP0003T (=KCTC 62180T=CGMCC 1.16545T). %U https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijsem.0.003142