RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Wu, Xiao-Lei A1 Yu, Su-Lin A1 Gu, Jun A1 Zhao, Gui-Fang A1 Chi, Chang-QiaoYR 2009 T1 Filomicrobium insigne sp. nov., isolated from an oil-polluted saline soil JF International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, VO 59 IS 2 SP 300 OP 305 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.65758-0 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1466-5034, AB Strain SLG5B-19T, isolated from an oil-polluted saline soil in Gudao in the coastal Shengli Oilfield, eastern China, was Gram-negative with monoprosthecae or bipolar prosthecae and buds on the prosthecal tips. Growth occurred at NaCl concentrations between 0 and 7 % (w/v), at temperatures between 4 and 45 °C, and at pH 6.0–9.0. Strain SLG5B-19T had Q-9 as the major respiratory quinone and unsaturated C18 : 1 ω7c as the predominant cellular fatty acid. The G+C content of the genomic DNA was 59.5 mol%. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences indicated that strain SLG5B-19T belonged to a clade with the genera Filomicrobium and Hyphomicrobium in the class Alphaproteobacteria. However, 16S rRNA gene sequence similarities of strain SLG5B-19T to the phylogenetically most closely related strains, i.e. the type strains of Filomicrobium fusiforme and Hyphomicrobium zavarzinii, were 95.8 and 94.5 %, respectively. In addition, the 16S rRNA gene sequence of strain SLG5B-19T had 24 signature nucleotides that were identical to those of the type strain of F. fusiforme. Based on phylogenetic analysis of 16S rRNA gene sequences, strain SLG5B-19T could be allocated to the genus Filomicrobium. However, distinct phenotypic differences were observed between strain SLG5B-19T and the type strain of F. fusiforme. It is therefore proposed that strain SLG5B-19T represents a novel species in the genus Filomicrobium, Filomicrobium insigne sp. nov. The type strain is SLG5B-19T (=CGMCC 1.6497T=LMG 23927T)., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.65758-0