RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Liu, Yong-Hong A1 Fang, Bao-Zhu A1 Mohamad, Osama Abdalla Abdelshafy A1 Zhang, Yong-Guang A1 Jiao, Jian-Yu A1 Dong, Zhou-Yan A1 Xiao, Min A1 Li, Li A1 Li, Wen-JunYR 2019 T1 Nocardioides ferulae sp. nov., isolated from root of an endangered medicinal plant Ferula songorica Pall. ex Spreng JF International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, VO 69 IS 5 SP 1253 OP 1258 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.003261 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1466-5034, AB A novel endophytic bacterium, designated strain SZ4R5S7T, was isolated from surface-sterilized root of an endangered medicinal plant (Ferula songorica Pall. ex Spreng) collected from Xinjiang, north-west China. The taxonomic position of the strain was investigated by using a polyphasic approach. The strain was found to be aerobic, Gram-stain-positive, oxidase-negative and catalase-positive, short rods and non-motile. Strain SZ4R5S7T grew at 4–37 °C (optimum, 28 °C), pH 5.0–9.0 (pH 6.0–8.0) and in the presence of 0–4 % (w/v) NaCl. The polar lipids detected for strain SZ4R5S7T were phosphatidylglycerol, diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylinositol and two unidentified lipids. The predominant menaquinone of strain SZ4R5S7T was MK-8(H4), and the major fatty acids were iso-C16 : 0 and anteiso-C14 : 0. The DNA G+C content was determined to be 72.4 mol%. Phylogenetic analysis based on the 16S rRNA gene sequence indicated that strain SZ4R5S7T belongs to the genus Nocardioides and showed highest levels of 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity to members of the strain Nocardioides kribbensis KSL-2T (97.8 %). On the basis of phenotypic, genotypic and phylogenetic data, strain SZ4R5S7T represents a novel species in the genus Nocardioides, for which the name Nocardioides ferulae sp. nov. is proposed and the type strain is SZ4R5S7T (=CGMCC 4.7456T=KCTC 39994T)., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijsem.0.003261