RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Yan, Zheng-Fei A1 Trinh, Huan A1 Moya, Gabriela A1 Lin, Pei A1 Li, Chang-Tian A1 Kook, Moo-Chang A1 Yi, Tae-HooYR 2016 T1 Lysobacter rhizophilus sp. nov., isolated from rhizosphere soil of mugunghwa, the national flower of South Korea JF International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, VO 66 IS 11 SP 4754 OP 4759 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.001422 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1466-5034, AB A Gram-staining-negative, aerobic, motile, rod-shaped, catalase- and oxidase-negative strain with one polar flagellum, designated THG-YS3.6T, was isolated from rhizosphere soil of a mugunghwa flower collected from Kyung Hee University, Yongin, South Korea. Growth occurred at 10–37 °C (optimum 25–30 °C), at pH 6–8 (optimum 7.0) and with 0–2.0 % NaCl (optimum 1 %). The isoprenoid quinone was ubiquinone-8 (Q–8). The major cellular fatty acids were iso-C11  : 0, iso-C11 : 0 3-OH, iso-C15 : 0, iso-C16 : 0, C16 : 1ω7c alcohol, C16 : 0, iso-C17 : 0 and summed feature 9 (iso-C17 : 1ω9c and/or C16 : 0 10-methyl). The major polar lipids were diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylmethylethanolamine, phosphatidylethanolamine, one unknown phospholipid, one unknown lipid and three unknown aminolipids. The DNA G+C content of strain THG-YS3.6T was 65.3 mol%. Based on 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis, the nearest phylogenetic neighbours of strain THG-YS3.6T were identified as Lysobacter yangpyeongensis KACC 11407T (98.7 %), Lysobacter oryzae KCTC 22249T (98.0 %), Lysobacter niabensis KACC 11587T (97.6 %) and Lysobacter terrae KACC 17646T (97.1 %). The DNA–DNA relatedness values between strain THG-YS3.6T and L. yangpyeongensis KACC 11407T, L. oryzae KCTC 22249T, L. niabensis KACC 11587T and L. terrae KACC 17646T were 53.8±1.0 %, 12.9±1.2 %, 10.9±0.6 % and 7.0±1.9 %, respectively. On the basis of the phylogenetic analysis, chemotaxonomic data, physiological characteristics and DNA–DNA hybridization data, strain THG-YS3.6T represents a novel species of the genus Lysobacter , for which the name Lysobacter rhizophilus sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is THG-YS3.6T (=KCTC 52082T=CCTCC AB 2015358T)., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijsem.0.001422