RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Li, Yan-Qiong A1 Narsing Rao, Manik Prabhu A1 Zhang, Hui A1 Guo, Yan-Mei A1 Dong, Zhou-Yan A1 Alkhalifah, Dalal Hussien M. A1 Hozzein, Wael N. A1 Xiao, Min A1 Li, Wen-JunYR 2019 T1 Description of Sphingomonas mesophila sp. nov., isolated from Gastrodia elata Blume JF International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, VO 69 IS 4 SP 1030 OP 1034 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.003263 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1466-5034, AB A Gram-staining-negative, strictly aerobic, non-motile strain, SYSUP0001T, was isolated from tubers of Gastrodia elata Blume. The 16S rRNA gene sequence result indicated that SYSUP0001T represents a member of the genus Sphingomonas , with the highest sequence similarity (97.7 %) to the type strain of Sphingomonas ginsengisoli . SYSUP0001T grew at 14–37 °C and pH 6–8, with optimum growth at 28 °C and pH 7. Tolerance to NaCl was up to 3 % (w/v) with optimum growth in the absence of NaCl. The respiratory quinone was Q-10. The major fatty acids were C18 : 1ω7c, Summed feature 3 (C16 : 1ω7c/C16 : 1ω6c), and C16 : 0. The polar lipids were diphosphatidylglycerol (DPG), phosphatidylethanolamine (PE), phosphatidylglycerol (PG), sphingoglycolipid (SGL), phosphatidylcholine (PC) and four unidentified polar lipids (L). The DNA G+C content was 67.5 %. The average nucleotide identity (ANI) values between SYSUP0001T and closely related members of the genus Sphingomonas were below the cut-off level (95–96 %) for species delineation. On the basis of the phenotypic, phylogenetic and chemotaxonomic characterizations, SYSUP0001T represents a novel species of the genus Sphingomonas , for which the name Sphingomonasmesophila sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is SYSUP0001T (=KCTC 62179 T=CGMCC 1.16462T)., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijsem.0.003263