RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Li, Yong A1 Wang, Tao A1 Fang, Wei A1 Xue, Han A1 Piao, Chun-gen A1 Guo, Min-wei A1 Zhu, Tian-huiYR 2015 T1 Microbacterium populi sp. nov., isolated from Populus×euramericana bark JF International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, VO 65 IS Pt_5 SP 1444 OP 1449 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.000117 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1466-5034, AB Five non-spore-forming, aerobic and Gram-stain-positive bacterial strains, 10-107-8T, 1C-4, NHI3_6, 4107_1_2, and 3D-3, were isolated from Populus×euramericana bark collected in Puyang City, Henan Province, PR China. The isolates grew at 15–40 °C and pH 5–10. The optimum temperature and pH for growth were 30 °C and pH 8.0, respectively. Chemotaxonomic features included MK-10 and MK-11 as major menaquinones (type strain); predominating iso- and anteiso-branched cellular fatty acids; diphosphatidylglycerol and phosphatidylglycerol as major polar lipids (type strain); ornithine as the principal diamino acid of the cell-wall peptidoglycan (type strain); glycolyl type as cell-wall acyl type; and DNA G+C content of 66.8–67.6 mol%. These features were consistent with classification in the genus Microbacterium . Analysis of 16S rRNA gene sequence data indicated that the five isolates belonged to the genus Microbacterium and were closely related to Microbacterium halotolerans . A high 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity of 96.97 % to M. halotolerans YIM 70130T was observed. The five isolates showed less than 96.20 % 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity to the other species of the genus Microbacterium with validly published names. DNA–DNA relatedness of the five isolates with M. halotolerans JCM 13013T ranged from 35.62 % to 44.36 %. Considering the results of 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis and the physiological and biochemical characteristics, we propose that the five strains should be assigned to a novel species of the genus Microbacterium . The name proposed for the five strains is Microbacterium populi sp. nov., and the type strain is 10-107-8T ( = CFCC 11275T = KCTC 29152T)., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.000117