RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Chen, Wen A1 Wang, Baojun A1 Hong, Huazhu A1 Yang, Hong A1 Liu, Shuang-JiangYR 2012 T1 Deinococcus reticulitermitis sp. nov., isolated from a termite gut JF International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, VO 62 IS 1 SP 78 OP 83 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.026567-0 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1466-5034, AB Bacterial strain TM-1T was isolated from the gut of a wood-feeding termite, Reticulitermes chinensis Snyder. Cells of strain TM-1T were Gram-negative, spherical (1.0–2.0 µm in diameter), non-motile, non-sporulating and red-pigmented. Strain TM-1T was resistant to UV radiation, showing 34 % survival after exposure to UV light at a dose of 100 J m−2. Growth occurred at 20–40 °C (optimum, 30 °C), at pH 6.0–10.0 (optimum, pH 6.0–7.0), and in the presence of 0–1 % (w/v) NaCl (optimum, 0–0.4 %). Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences indicated that strain TM-1T was related to members of the genus Deinococcus, with sequence similarities ranging from 87.0 to 94.0 %. The peptidoglycan of strain TM-1T contained ornithine, alanine, glycine and glutamic acid. The most abundant cellular fatty acids of strain TM-1T were summed feature 3 (C16 : 1ω7c and/or C16 : 1ω6c; 22.3 %) and C16 : 0 (37.5 %). MK-8 was the predominant quinone. The polar lipid profile contained three glycophospholipids, six glycolipids, one aminolipid and three unknown lipids. DNA of the type strain had a G+C content of 65.6 mol%. Based on the phylogenetic, chemotaxonomic and phenotypic data presented, strain TM-1T represents a novel species of the genus Deinococcus, for which the name Deinococcus reticulitermitis sp. nov. is proposed, with TM-1T ( = CGMCC 1.10218T = NBRC 106334T) as the type strain., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.026567-0