RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Liu, Qing-Mei A1 Ten, Leonid N. A1 Yu, Hong-Shan A1 Jin, Feng-Xie A1 Im, Wan-Taek A1 Lee, Sung-TaikYR 2008 T1 Emticicia ginsengisoli sp. nov., a species of the family ‘Flexibacteraceae’ isolated from soil of a ginseng field JF International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, VO 58 IS 5 SP 1100 OP 1105 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.65386-0 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1466-5034, AB A taxonomic study was carried out on Gsoil 085T, a bacterial strain isolated from a soil sample from a ginseng field in Pocheon Province (South Korea). Comparative 16S rRNA gene sequence studies showed a clear affiliation of this bacterium to the family ‘Flexibacteraceae’ and indicated that the closest relative was Emticicia oligotrophica GPTSA100-15T (94.6 % sequence similarity). Lower sequence similarities (<83.0 %) were found with respect to all other recognized species of the family ‘Flexibacteraceae’. Strain Gsoil 085T was found to be Gram-negative, strictly aerobic, non-motile and rod-shaped. It grew well on half-strength R2A medium but did not utilize a broad range of carbon sources. The G+C content of the genomic DNA was 40.5 mol%. The major fatty acids were summed feature 4 (iso-C15 : 0 2-OH and/or C16 : 1 ω7c, 45.4 %), iso-C15 : 0 (13.9 %), C16 : 1 ω5c (8.6 %) and C16 : 0 (8.2 %). On the basis of evidence from the polyphasic study, strain Gsoil 085T represents a novel species of the genus Emticicia, for which the name Emticicia ginsengisoli sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is Gsoil 085T (=KCTC 12588T =LMG 23396T)., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.65386-0