RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Liu, Qing A1 Liu, Hong-Can A1 Zhang, Jian-Li A1 Zhou, Yu-Guang A1 Xin, Yu-HuaYR 2016 T1 Rufibacter glacialis sp. nov., a psychrotolerant bacterium isolated from glacier soil JF International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, VO 66 IS 1 SP 315 OP 318 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.000717 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1466-5034, AB A Gram-stain-negative, rod-shaped, red-pigmented bacterium (MDT1-10-3T) was isolated from Midui glacier in Tibet, China. Cells were aerobic and psychrotolerant (growth occurred at 4–25 °C). Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences indicated that it was a member of the genus Rufibacter, with Rufibacter immobilis MCC P1T (96.7 % similarity) as its closest phylogenetic relative. MK-7 was the predominant respiratory menaquinone. The major cellular fatty acids were summed feature 4 (iso-C17 : 1 I and/or anteiso-C17 : 1 B), summed feature 3 (C16 : 1ω6c and/or C16 : 1ω7c), C17 : 1ω6c, iso-C16 : 0, iso-C15 : 0 and C16 : 1ω5c. The predominant polar lipids were phosphatidylethanolamine, two unidentified aminophospholipids, one glycolipid and four unidentified lipids. The G+C content of the genomic DNA was 49 mol%. On the basis of the phenotypic characteristics and phylogenetic analysis, strain MDT1-10-3T represents a novel species of the genus Rufibacter, for which the name Rufibacter glacialis sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is MDT1-10-3T ( = CGMCC 1.9789T = NBRC 109705T)., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijsem.0.000717