RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Kim, Soo-Jin A1 Park, Joo-Hyeon A1 Lim, Jun-Muk A1 Ahn, Jae-Hyung A1 Anandham, Rangasamy A1 Weon, Hang-Yeon A1 Kwon, Soon-WoYR 2014 T1 Parafilimonas terrae gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from greenhouse soil JF International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, VO 64 IS Pt_9 SP 3040 OP 3045 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.061945-0 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1466-5034, AB A Gram-stain-negative, short rod-shaped, non-flagellated, yellow bacterium, designated strain 5GHs7-2T, was isolated from a greenhouse soil sample in South Korea. 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis of strain 5GHs7-2T indicated that the isolate belonged to the family Chitinophagaceae , and exhibited the highest sequence similarities with members of the genera Terrimonas (89.2–92.6 %), Sediminibacterium (90.8–91.4 %) and Chitinophaga (89.2–91.7 %), Filimonas lacunae YT21T (91.7 %), members of the genus Segetibacter (90.2–91.6 %), Parasegetibacter luojiensis RHYL-37T (90.9 %) and Flavihumibacter petaseus T41T (91.2 %). Flexirubin-type pigments were present. The major cellular fatty acids of the novel strain were iso-C15 : 0, iso-C17 : 0 3-OH and iso-C15 : 1 G. The polar lipid profile consisted of a large amount of phosphatidylethanolamine, and moderate and small amounts of several unknown aminolipids and lipids. The only respiratory quinone of strain 5GHs7-2T was MK-7, and the DNA G+C content was 47.6 mol%. On the basis of the evidence presented, it is concluded that strain 5GHs7-2T represents a novel species of a new genus in the family Chitinophagaceae , for which the name Parafilimonas terrae gen. nov., sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain of the type species is 5GHs7-2T ( = KACC 17343T = DSM 28286T)., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.061945-0