%0 Journal Article %A Chen, Xiu %A Li, Gui-Ding %A Li, Qin-Yuan %A Xu, Fang-Ji %A Jiang, Cheng-Lin %A Han, Li %A Huang, Xue-Shi %A Jiang, Yi %T Microbacterium faecale sp. nov., isolated from the faeces of Columba livia %D 2016 %J International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, %V 66 %N 11 %P 4445-4450 %@ 1466-5034 %R https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.001372 %K Microbacterium faecale sp. nov. %K faeces %K 16S rRNA gene %I Microbiology Society, %X A novel, yellow, aerobic strain, YIM 101168T, isolated from the faeces of a dove (Columba livia), was studied to determine its taxonomic position. Cells were Gram-stain-positive, short rod-shaped, oxidase-negative, catalase-positive and non-motile. The strain could grow at 7–37 °C, at pH 6-10 and in the presence of 0–13 % (w/v) NaCl. The strain had a 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity and DNA–DNA hybridization relatedness value with Microbacterium gubbeenense NCIMB 30129T of 97.8 % and 41.5±8.7 %, respectively. Ornithine was detected as the diagnostic amino acid in the hydrolysate of the cell wall. Whole-cell sugars were found to be galactose, glucose, rhamnose, mannose and ribose. Major fatty acids (>10 %) were iso-C16 : 0, anteiso-C15 : 0 and anteiso-C17 : 0. Major menaquinones were identified as MK-10, MK-11 and MK-12. The polar lipids included diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylinositol, glycolipids and four unidentified lipids. The phylogenetic analyses as well as the chemotaxonomic and phenotypic characteristics indicate that strain YIM 101168T represents a novel species of the genus Microbacterium ; the name Microbacterium faecale sp. nov. is proposed for the novel species and the type strain is YIM 101168T (=DSM 27232T=KCTC 39554T=CGMCC 1.15152T). %U https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijsem.0.001372