RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Zhu, Hai-Zhen A1 Liu, Xiao-Dong A1 Jiang, Cheng-Ying A1 Liu, Shuang-JiangYR 2019 T1 Cohnella faecalis sp. nov., isolated from animal faeces in a karst cave JF International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, VO 69 IS 2 SP 572 OP 577 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.003228 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1466-5034, AB A Gram-stain-positive, rod-shaped, endospore-forming, motile and aerobic bacterial isolate, designated strain K2E09-144T, was obtained from animal faeces that were collected from a karst cave in Guizhou province, China. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences indicated that strain K2E09-144T represents a novel member of the genus Cohnella within the family Paenibacillaceae of the phylum Firmicutes . Strain K2E09-144T was phylogenetically closely related to Cohnella nanjingensis D45T (16S rRNA gene sequence similarity 97.0 %). The major cellular fatty acids were anteiso-C15:0, iso-C16:0 and C16 : 0. The major isoprenoid quinone was menaqinone 7 (MK-7). The major polar lipids were phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylglycerol, diphosphatidylglycerol, one unidentified phospholipid, four unidentified aminophospholipids, one glycolipid and one unidentified lipid. The isomer type of diamino acid in the cell-wall peptidoglycan was meso-diaminopimelic acid. The genome of strain K2E09-144T comprised 6.43 Mb, and encoded 6029 genes in total. The DNA G+C content of the genomic DNA was 53.3 mol%. Based on its phylogenetic, phenotypic and chemotaxonomic characteristics, strain K2E09-144T is considered to represent a novel species of the genus Cohnella , for which the name Cohnella faecalis sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is K2E09-144T (=CGMCC 1.13587T=NBRC 113454T)., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijsem.0.003228