Pedobacter agrisoli sp nov., isolated from farmland soil

A Gram-stain-negative, aerobic, non-motile, non-spore-forming and rod-shaped bacterium, designated YHM-9(T), was isolated from soil in Yangquan, Shanxi Province, PR China. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that strain YHM-9(T) belonged to the genus Pedobacter and shared the highest similarity (97.4%) to the type strain Pedobacter lignilitoris W-WS13(T). Strain YHM-9(T) exhibited low DNA-DNA relatedness with P. lignititoris W-WS13(T) (21.7 +/- 1.3%). The DNA G+C content was 38.9 mol%. The major fatty acids were iso-C-15 (:) (0), summed feature 3 (C-16 (:) (1)omega 7c and/or C-16 (: 1)omega 6c) and iso-C-17 (:) (0) 3-OH. The respiratory quinone was MK-7, the major polyamine was sym-homospermidine and the major polar lipids were phosphatidylethanolamine. Based on the morphological, physiological, biochemical and chemotaxonomic characteristics, strain YHM-9(T) was recognized as a representative of a novel species within the genus Pedobacter, for which the name Pedobacter agrisoli sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is YHM-9(T) (=JCM 32093(T)=CCTCC AB 2017125(T)).