@article{mbs:/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.067017-0, author = "Jiao, Yin Shan and Yan, Hui and Ji, Zhao Jun and Liu, Yuan Hui and Sui, Xin Hua and Zhang, Xiao Xia and Wang, En Tao and Chen, Wen Xin and Chen, Wen Feng", title = "Phyllobacterium sophorae sp. nov., a symbiotic bacterium isolated from root nodules of Sophora flavescens", journal= "International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology", year = "2015", volume = "65", number = "Pt_2", pages = "399-406", doi = "https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.067017-0", url = "https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.067017-0", publisher = "Microbiology Society", issn = "1466-5034", type = "Journal Article", abstract = "Two novel Gram-stain-negative strains (CCBAU 03422T and CCBAU 03415) isolated from root nodules of Sophora flavescens were classified phylogenetically into the genus Phyllobacterium based on the comparative analysis of 16S rRNA and atpD genes. They showed 99.8 % rRNA gene sequence similarities to Phyllobacterium brassicacearum LMG 22836T, and strain CCBAU 03422T showed 91.2 and 88.6 % atpD gene sequence similarities to strains Phyllobacterium endophyticum LMG 26470T and Phyllobacterium brassicacearum LMG 22836T, respectively. Strain CCBAU 03422T contained Q-10 as its major quinone and showed a cellular fatty acid profile, carbon source utilization and other phenotypic characteristics differing from type strains of related species. DNA–DNA relatedness (lower than 48.8 %) further confirmed the differences between the novel strains and the type strains of related species. Strain CCBAU 03422T could nodulate and fix nitrogen effectively on its original host plant, Sophora flavescens. Based upon the results mentioned above, a novel species named Phyllobacterium sophorae is proposed and the type strain is CCBAU 03422T ( = A-6-3T = LMG 27899T = HAMBI 3508T).", }