RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Ngo, Hien T. T. A1 Yin, Chang ShikYR 2016 T1 Luteimonas terrae sp. nov., isolated from rhizosphere soil of Radix ophiopogonis JF International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, VO 66 IS 5 SP 1920 OP 1925 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.000901 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1466-5034, AB A Gram-staining-negative, strictly aerobic, rod-shaped and bright-yellow-pigmented bacterium, motile by means of a single polar flagellum, designated THG-MD21T, was isolated from rhizosphere soil of Radix ophiopogonis in Henan province, PR China. On the basis of 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity, strain THG-MD21T belongs to the genus Luteimonas and was most closely related to Luteimonas aestuarii B9T (98.2 % sequence similarity), Lysobacter panaciterrae Gsoil 068T (97.2 %) and Luteimonas marina FR1330T (97.0 %). The DNA G+C content was 64.4 mol%. The DNA–DNA relatedness between strain THG-MD21T and its closest phylogenetic neighbours was below 30.0 %. The only isoprenoid quinone detected in strain THG-MD21T was ubiquinone-8.The major polar lipids were found to be phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylglycerol and diphosphatidylglycerol, and the predominant fatty acids were iso-C11 : 0, iso-C15 : 0, iso-C16 : 0, C16 : 0 and iso-C17 : 1ω9c. The DNA–DNA hybridization result and characteristics revealed by a polyphasic study showed that strain THG-MD21T represents a novel species, for which the name Luteimonas terrae sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is THG-MD21T ( = KACC 18131T = JCM 30122T)., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijsem.0.000901