@article{mbs:/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.021147-0, author = "An, Hongli and Xu, Mengbo and Dai, Jun and Wang, Yang and Cai, Feng and Qi, Huan and Peng, Fang and Fang, Chengxiang", title = "Sphingomonas xinjiangensis sp. nov., isolated from desert sand", journal= "International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology", year = "2011", volume = "61", number = "8", pages = "1865-1869", doi = "https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.021147-0", url = "https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.021147-0", publisher = "Microbiology Society", issn = "1466-5034", type = "Journal Article", abstract = "A Gram-negative, aerobic, motile, Sphingomonas-like rod, strain 10-1-84T, was isolated from a sand sample collected from the desert of Xinjiang, China. The isolate contained Q-10 as the predominant ubiquinone and C18 : 1ω7c, C16 : 0, C16 : 1ω7c and C14 : 0 2-OH as the major fatty acids. The polyamine pattern contained predominantly sym-homospermidine. The main polar lipids were sphingoglycolipid, phosphatidylcholine, phosphatidylglycerol, diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidyldimethylethanolamine and an unknown polar lipid. The DNA G+C content was 63.3 mol%. 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity between strain 10-1-84T and the type strains of species of the genus Sphingomonas ranged from 91.11 to 96.54 %. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequence indicated that strain 10-1-84T belonged to the genus Sphingomonas. On the basis of phylogenetic analysis and physiological and biochemical characterization, strain 10-1-84T represents a novel species of the genus Sphingomonas, for which the name Sphingomonas xinjiangensis sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is 10-1-84T ( = CCTCC AB 208035T  = NRRL B-51332T).", }