@article{mbs:/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.015917-0, author = "Wang, Wei and Mao, Jun and Zhang, Zhidong and Tang, Qiyong and Xie, Yuqing and Zhu, Jing and Zhang, Lixin and Liu, Zhiheng and Shi, Yuhu and Goodfellow, Michael", title = "Deinococcus wulumuqiensis sp. nov., and Deinococcus xibeiensis sp. nov., isolated from radiation-polluted soil", journal= "International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology", year = "2010", volume = "60", number = "9", pages = "2006-2010", doi = "https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.015917-0", url = "https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.015917-0", publisher = "Microbiology Society", issn = "1466-5034", type = "Journal Article", abstract = "The taxonomic positions of two gamma- and UV-ray-resistant strains isolated from radiation-polluted soil in north-west China were determined in a polyphasic study. The organisms, designated R12T and R13T, were Gram-stain-positive, non-spore-forming cocci, which contained MK-8 as the major respiratory quinone and C16 : 1 ω7c and C16 : 0 as major fatty acids. The cell walls of strains R12T and R13T contained ornithine. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences and DNA–DNA hybridizations showed that strains R12T and R13T are members of novel species belonging to the genus Deinococcus, with Deinococcus radiodurans DSM 20539T as the closest relative. The isolates R12T and R13T shared 97 and 97.1 % 16S rRNA gene similarity, respectively, and 29.5 and 33.3 % DNA–DNA relatedness, respectively, with D. radiodurans DSM 20539T. The DNA G+C contents of isolates R12T and R13T were 66.7 and 63.8 %, respectively. On the basis of phenotypic tests and other results, two species, Deinococcus wulumuqiensis sp. nov. (type strain R12T =CGMCC 1.8884T =NBRC 105665T) and Deinococcus xibeiensis sp. nov. (type strain R13T =CGMCC 1.8885T =NBRC 105666T), are proposed.", }