@article{mbs:/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.63109-0, author = "Chen, Mao-Yen and Wu, Shih-Hsiung and Lin, Guang-Huey and Lu, Chun-Ping and Lin, Yung-Ting and Chang, Wen-Chang and Tsay, San-San", title = "Rubrobacter taiwanensis sp. nov., a novel thermophilic, radiation-resistant species isolated from hot springs", journal= "International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology", year = "2004", volume = "54", number = "5", pages = "1849-1855", doi = "https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.63109-0", url = "https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.63109-0", publisher = "Microbiology Society", issn = "1466-5034", type = "Journal Article", abstract = "Two novel bacteria, with an optimum growth temperature of approximately 60 °C, were isolated from Lu-shan hot springs in the central region of Taiwan. These isolates were aerobic, thermophilic, halotolerant, pink-pigmented, heterotrophic and resistant to gamma-radiation. Both pleomorphic, short, rod-shaped cells and coccoid cells were observed. Strains LS-286 (=ATCC BAA-452=BCRC 17198) and LS-293T (=ATCC BAA-406T=BCRC 17173T) represented a novel species of the genus Rubrobacter, according to a phylogenetic analysis of the 16S rRNA gene, DNA–DNA hybridization, biochemical features and fatty acid composition. The name Rubrobacter taiwanensis sp. nov. is proposed for this novel species, with LS-293T as the type strain.", }