RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Jeon, Seon Hwa A1 Kang, Myung-Suk A1 Joo, Eun Sun A1 Kim, Eun Bit A1 Lim, Sangyong A1 Jeong, Sun-wook A1 Jung, Hee-Young A1 Srinivasan, Sathiyaraj A1 Kim, Myung KyumYR 2016 T1 Deinococcus persicinus sp. nov., a radiation-resistant bacterium from soil JF International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, VO 66 IS 12 SP 5077 OP 5082 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.001473 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1466-5034, AB Two Gram-stain-negative, oxidase-negative, catalase-positive, aerobic and coccus-shaped bacterial strains, KSY3-6T and JSH6-18, were isolated from soil in South Korea. Strains KSY3-6T and JSH6-18 showed high resistance to gamma-ray and UVC irradiation. The 16S rRNA gene sequences of strains KSY3-6T and JSH6-18 showed a novel subline within the genus Deinococcus in the family Deinococcaceae . They shared 94.8–86.4 % nucleotide similarities with other species of the genus Deinococcus. Strain KSY3-6T exhibited high DNA–DNA hybridization values with JSH6-18 (77±0.8 %). The two strains showed typical chemotaxonomic characteristics of the genus Deinococcus , including the presence of menaquinone 8 (MK-8) as predominant respiratory quinone and C16 : 0, C17 : 0cyclo and summed feature 3 (C16 : 1 ω7c/C16 : 1 ω6c) as major fatty acids. The G+C content of the DNA of strains KSY3-6T and JSH6-18 was 62.0 and 62.4 mol%, respectively. Polar lipids in strains KSY3-6T and JSH6-18 were mainly phosphoglycolipids. Based on their phenotypic and genotypic properties, strains KSY3-6T and JSH6-18 should be classified as representatives of a novel species in the genus Deinococcus , for which the name Deinococcus persicinus sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is KSY3-6T (=KCTC 33787T=JCM 31313T). The reference strain is JSH6-18 (=KCTC 33788=JCM 31312)., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijsem.0.001473