%0 Journal Article %A Matsumoto, Atsuko %A Yamada, Mayuko %A Ōmura, Satoshi %A Takahashi, Yōko %T Microterricola viridarii gen. nov., sp. nov., a new member of the family Microbacteriaceae %D 2008 %J International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, %V 58 %N 4 %P 1019-1023 %@ 1466-5034 %R https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.65070-0 %K TEM, transmission electron microscopy %K SEM, scanning electron microscopy %K DAB, diaminobutyric acid %I Microbiology Society, %X Strain KV-677T, a Gram-positive, aerobic, motile, rod-shaped bacterium, was isolated from park soil in Tokyo, Japan, and characterized. It grew well at 15–30 °C on nutrient agar and colonies were pale yellow. The cell-wall peptidoglycan contained diaminobutyric acid, glycine, alanine and glutamic acid and the muramic acid acyl type was acetyl. The predominant menaquinone was MK-12. Mycolic acids were not detected. The DNA G+C content was 70 mol%. 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis revealed that strain KV-677T fell within the cluster of the family Microbacteriaceae and formed a separate lineage joining the genera Salinibacterium, Rhodoglobus, Subtercola and Agreia, showing 95.5–96.9 % sequence similarities with the type strains of the type species of the above genera. However, strain KV-677T clearly differed from these and other genera with relatively high sequence similarity in its chemotaxonomic characteristics. Therefore, it is proposed that strain KV-677T represents a novel species in a new genus, Microterricola viridarii gen. nov., sp. nov., in the family Microbacteriaceae. The type strain of Microterricola viridarii is KV-677T (=NRRL B-24538T =NBRC 102123T). %U https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.65070-0