RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Zhang, Wei A1 Zhu, Hong-hui A1 Yuan, Menglong A1 Yao, Qing A1 Tang, Ran A1 Lin, Min A1 Yang, Song-zhen A1 Li, Zhi-kun A1 Chen, MingYR 2010 T1 Microbacterium radiodurans sp. nov., a UV radiation-resistant bacterium isolated from soil JF International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, VO 60 IS 11 SP 2665 OP 2670 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.017400-0 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1466-5034, AB Strain GIMN 1.002T, a UV radiation-tolerant bacterium, was isolated from the upper sand layers of the Gobi desert, Xinjiang, China and characterized in order to determine its taxonomic position. Cells were Gram-reaction-positive, heterotrophic, strictly aerobic, short rods. 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis revealed that strain GIMN 1.002T belonged to the genus Microbacterium and was closely related to Microbacterium arborescens DSM 20754T (98.8 % 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity) and Microbacterium imperiale DSM 20530T (98.7 %). However, strain GIMN 1.002T had low DNA–DNA relatedness with M. arborescens DSM 20754T (17.1 %) and M. imperiale DSM 20530T (12.89 %). Strain GIMN 1.002T possessed chemotaxonomic markers that were consistent with its classification in the genus Microbacterium, i.e. MK-11, MK-12 and MK-10 as major menaquinones and anteiso-C15 : 0 (38.67 %), iso-C16 : 0 (18.16 %) and iso-C15 : 0 (17.46 %) as predominant cellular fatty acids. The DNA G+C content was 67.74 mol%. The cell-wall sugar was rhamnose. On the basis of the data from this study, strain GIMN 1.002T represents a novel species of the genus Microbacterium, for which the name Microbacterium radiodurans sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is GIMN 1.002T (=CCTCC M208212T =NRRL B-24799T)., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.017400-0