%0 Journal Article %A Chen, Mao-Yen %A Wu, Shih-Hsiung %A Lin, Guang-Huey %A Lu, Chun-Ping %A Lin, Yung-Ting %A Chang, Wen-Chang %A Tsay, San-San %T Rubrobacter taiwanensis sp. nov., a novel thermophilic, radiation-resistant species isolated from hot springs %D 2004 %J International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, %V 54 %N 5 %P 1849-1855 %@ 1466-5034 %R https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.63109-0 %I Microbiology Society, %X 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. %U https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.63109-0