RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Kojima, Hisaya A1 Watanabe, Miho A1 Tokizawa, Riho A1 Shinohara, Arisa A1 Fukui, ManabuYR 2016 T1 Hymenobacter nivis sp. nov., isolated from red snow in Antarctica JF International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, VO 66 IS 11 SP 4821 OP 4825 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.001435 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1466-5034, AB A novel aerobic bacterial strain, P3T, was isolated from a red snow obtained from Antarctica. Cells of strain P3T were rod-shaped, non-motile, catalase-negative, oxidase-positive and Gram-stain-negative. Growth was observed at temperatures ranging from 0 to 25 °C, with optimum growth at 15 °C. The pH range for growth was pH 5.3–7.8. The G+C content of the genomic DNA was 55.0 mol%. The major components in the fatty acid profile were iso-C15 : 0, summed feature 4 (iso-C17 : 1 I and/or anteiso-C17 : 1 B), anteiso-C15 : 0 and summed feature 3 (iso-C16 : 1ω7c and/or iso-C16 : 1ω6c). The predominant isoprenoid quinone was MK-7. Phylogenetic analysis based on the 16S rRNA gene sequence indicated that the novel isolate was a member of the genus Hymenobacter , and the strain showed highest sequence similarity (94 %) with H.ymenpbacter glaciei VUG-A130T, Hymenobacter . soli PB17T and Hymenobacter . antarcticus VUG-A42aaT. On the basis of phylogenetic and phenotypic properties strain P3T represents a novel species of the genus Hymenobacter (for which the name Hymenobacter nivis sp. nov. is proposed. The types strain is P3T (=DSM 101755T=NBRC 111535T)., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijsem.0.001435