RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Li, Lubin A1 Sun, Lei A1 Shi, Nan A1 Liu, Lin A1 Guo, Huijuan A1 Xu, Aifang A1 Zhang, Xiaoxia A1 Yao, NaYR 2013 T1 Chitinophaga cymbidii sp. nov., isolated from Cymbidium goeringii roots JF International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, VO 63 IS Pt_5 SP 1800 OP 1804 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.040014-0 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1466-5034, AB Two Gram-staining-negative, aerobic, non-spore-forming rod-shaped, non-motile bacteria, designated strains R156-2T and T58-2 were isolated from the roots of Cymbidium goeringii. The colonies were yellow-pigmented. On the basis of 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity, strains R156-2T and T58-2 were shown to be members of the genus Chitinophaga . Strains R156-2T and T58-2 showed the greatest level of sequence similarity with Chitinophaga niabensis (96.0–96.3 %). The major menaquinone was MK-7. The main cellular fatty acids were iso-C15 : 0, C16 : 1ω5c and iso-C17 : 0 3-OH. Phenotypic and genotypic analyses indicated that strains R156-2T and T58-2 could not be assigned to any recognized species. Therefore, strains R156-2T and T58-2 represent a novel species of the genus Chitinophaga , for which the name Chitinophaga cymbidii sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is R156-2T ( = ACCC 05363T = KCTC 23738T). The DNA G+C content of this strain is 51.9 mol%., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.040014-0