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A novel nitrogen-fixing strain, designated HL-12T, was isolated from a freshwater lake in Taiwan. Cells of strain HL-12T were aerobic, Gram-negative, motile rods that were surrounded by a thick capsule, contained poly-β-hydroxybutyrate granules, and formed light-yellow to brownish-red colonies. Growth occurred at 15–40 °C (optimum 25–35 °C), at pH 6.0–7.0 (optimum pH 6.0) and with 0–4 % NaCl (optimum 0–1 %). Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that strain HL-12T belonged to the genus Derxia and exhibited 99.1 and 98.8 % 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity, respectively, with Derxia gummosa IAM 14990 and D. gummosa IAM 13946T. The major fatty acids (>10 %) of strain HL-12T were summed feature 3 (comprising C16 : 1ω7c and/or C16 : 1ω6c), C16 : 0 and C18 : 1ω7c. The cellular hydroxy fatty acids were C12 : 0 3-OH, C14 : 0 2-OH and C14 : 0 3-OH. The isoprenoid quinone was Q-8 and the DNA G+C content was 72.0 mol%. The polar lipid profile contained phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylglycerol, diphosphatidylglycerol and several unknown aminophospholipids and phospholipids. DNA–DNA relatedness between strain HL-12T and LMG 3975 and LMG 3977T was <70 %. On the basis of the genotypic and phenotypic data, strain HL-12T represents a novel species in the genus Derxia , for which the name Derxia lacustris sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is HL-12T ( = BCRC 80208T = KCTC 23311T).
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