@article{mbs:/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.000375, author = "Pham, Van Hong Thi and Jeong, Seung-Woo and Kim, Jaisoo", title = "Psychrobacillus soli sp. nov., capable of degrading oil, isolated from oil-contaminated soil", journal= "International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology", year = "2015", volume = "65", number = "Pt_9", pages = "3046-3052", doi = "https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.000375", url = "https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.000375", publisher = "Microbiology Society", issn = "1466-5034", type = "Journal Article", abstract = "A novel, aerobic, psychrotolerant, Gram-stain-positive, endospore-forming strain, NHI-2T, was isolated from oil-contaminated soil near a gas station in Mongolia. This strain was characterized by motile rods and grew over a wide range of temperatures ( − 2 to 40 °C) with optimal growth at 28–30 °C. It tolerated salt concentrations of up to 7 % over a five-day incubation period. Analysis of 16S rRNA gene sequence indicated that strain NHI-2T belongs to the genus Psychrobacillus. Sequence similarity between NHI-2T and members of the genus Psychrobacillus with validly published names ranged from 97.83 to 98.18 %. DNA–DNA hybridization indicated less than 70 % relatedness to reference strains within the genus. The G+C content of the genomic DNA was 36 mol%. This strain contained MK-8 as a predominant isoprenoid menaquinone. NHI-2T had ornithine in the cell wall similar to reference strains of the genus Psychrobacillus. The major fatty acids present in NHI-2T were anteiso-C15 : 0 (51.0 %), iso-C15 : 0 (9.1 %) and anteiso-C17 : 0 (8.0 %). The major polar lipids were phosphatidylethanolamine, diphosphatidylglycerol and phosphatidylglycerol. These data highlight that the phenotype of strain NHI-2T differs from that of related species in terms of chemotaxonomic properties and genotype characteristics. Therefore, this strain is proposed as a representative of a novel species, named Psychrobacillus soli. The type strain is NHI-2T ( = KEMB 9005-135T = KACC 18243T = NBRC 110600T).", }