RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Kohli, Puneet A1 Nayyar, Namita A1 Sharma, Anukriti A1 Singh, Amit Kumar A1 Lal, RupYR 2016 T1 Algoriphagus roseus sp. nov., isolated from a hexachlorocyclohexane-contaminated dumpsite JF International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, VO 66 IS 9 SP 3558 OP 3565 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.001233 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1466-5034, AB A Gram-staining negative, reddish-pink, non-motile, rod-shaped bacterial strain designated W29T, was isolated from a hexachlorocyclohexane-contaminated dumpsite located in the northern part of India at Ummari Village, Lucknow. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that strain W29T formed a lineage within the genus Algoriphagus and exhibited highest sequence similarity to Algoriphagus trabzonensis MS7T (98.8 %), followed by Algoriphagus alkaliphilus AC-74T (97.1 %). The 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity between strain W29T and other species of the genus Algoriphagus ranged from 93.3–98.8 %. The DNA–DNA relatedness between strain W29T and A. trabzonensis MS7T was 47 % and with other related strains was found to be less than 45 %, confirming strain W29T represents a novel species. The DNA G+C content of strain W29T was 46.2 mol%. Strain W29T was oxidase- and catalase-positive. The major fatty acids (>10 %) of strain W29T were iso-C15 : 0, summed feature 9 (comprising 10-methyl C16 : 0 and/or iso-C17 : 1ω9c) and summed feature 3 (comprising C16 : 1ω6c and/or C16 : 1ω7c). The respiratory quinone was MK-7. The polar lipid profile consisted of phosphatidylethanolamine, diphosphatidylglycerol, two unidentified aminolipids, an unidentified aminophospholipid, an unidentified phospholipid and unidentified lipids. On the basis of the results obtained from DNA–DNA hybridization, and biochemical and physiological tests in this study, strain W29T represents a novel species of the genus Algoriphagus for which the name Algoriphagus roseus sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is W29T (=KCTC 42940T=MCC 2876T=DSM 100160T)., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijsem.0.001233