RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Kim, Soo-Jin A1 Hamada, Moriyuki A1 Ahn, Jae-Hyung A1 Weon, Hang-Yeon A1 Suzuki, Ken-Ichiro A1 Kwon, Soon-WoYR 2016 T1 Friedmanniella aerolata sp. nov., isolated from air JF International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, VO 66 IS 5 SP 1970 OP 1975 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.000973 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1466-5034, AB A novel bacterium, strain 7515T-26T, was isolated from an air sample collected in Taean region, Republic of Korea. Cells were aerobic, Gram-stain-positive, non-flagellated cocci, growing in the temperature, pH and NaCl ranges of 10–33 °C, pH 5.0–9.0 and 0–2 % (w/v). It shared high 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity with Friedmanniella lacustris EL-17AT (97.6 %), Friedmanniella lucida FA2T (96.9 %) and Friedmanniella luteola FA1T (96.9 %), showing high sequence similarities of 96.5–97.6 % with members of the genus Friedmanniella. Phylogenetic trees based on 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that strain 7515T-26T and members of the genus Friedmanniella formed a compact cluster separable from other genera. The isolate contained anteiso-C15 : 0, iso-C14 : 0 3-OH and iso-C15 : 0 as the major cellular fatty acids, and MK-9(H4) as the predominant isoprenoid quinone. Polar lipids were diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylinositol, two unknown phospholipids and one unknown lipid, and the DNA G+C content was 73.1 mol%. The peptidoglycan type was A3γ. It showed DNA–DNA hybridization values of less than 70 % with F. lacustris EL-17AT. On the basis of the evidence from this polyphasic study, a novel species, Friedmanniella aerolata sp. nov., is proposed. The type strain is 7515T-26T ( = KACC 17306T = DSM 27139T)., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijsem.0.000973