RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Kumar, Roshan A1 Dwivedi, Vatsala A1 Nayyar, Namita A1 Verma, Helianthous A1 Singh, Amit Kumar A1 Rani, Pooja A1 Rao, D. L. N. A1 Lal, RupYR 2015 T1 Parapedobacter indicus sp. nov., isolated from hexachlorocyclohexane-contaminated soil JF International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, VO 65 IS Pt_1 SP 129 OP 134 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.069104-0 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1466-5034, AB Strain RK1T, a Gram-stain-negative, non-spore-forming, rod-shaped, non-motile bacterium was isolated from a hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH) dumpsite, Lucknow, India. 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis revealed that strain RK1T belongs to the family Sphingobacteriaceae and showed highest sequence similarity to Parapedobacter koreensis Jip14T (95.63 %). The major cellular fatty acids of strain RK1T were iso-C15 : 0, summed feature 3 (C16 : 1ω7c and/or C16 : 1ω6c), iso-C17 : 0 3-OH, summed feature 9 (10-methyl C16 : 0 and/or iso-C17 : 1ω9c), iso-C15 : 0 3-OH and C16 : 0. The major respiratory pigment and polyamine of RK1T were menaquinone (MK-7) and homospermidine, respectively. The main polar lipids were phosphatidylethanolamine and sphingolipid. The G+C content of the DNA was 44.5 mol%. The results of physiological and biochemical tests and 16S rRNA sequence analysis clearly demonstrated that strain RK1T represents a novel species of the genus Parapedobacter , for which the name Parapedobacter indicus sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is RK1T ( = DSM 28470T = MCC 2546T)., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.069104-0