RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Kim, Eun Bit A1 Kang, Myung Suk A1 Joo, Eun Sun A1 Jeon, Seon Hwa A1 Jeong, Sun Wook A1 Lim, Sang Yong A1 Jung, Hee Young A1 Srinivasan, Sathiyaraj A1 Kim, Myung KyumYR 2017 T1 Deinococcus ruber sp. nov., a radiation-resistant bacterium isolated from soil JF International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, VO 67 IS 1 SP 72 OP 76 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.001567 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1466-5034, AB Two gamma- and UVC-resistant bacterial strains, designated JSH3-1T and 9-2-2, were isolated from garden soil in South Korea. Cells were Gram-stain-positive, aerobic, non-motile and spherical. A polyphasic approach was used to study the taxonomic properties of strains JSH3-1T and 9-2-2. Phylogenetic analysis based on nearly full-length 16S rRNA gene sequences of strains JSH3-1T and 9-2-2 indicated highest similarity with Deinococcus radiomollis PO-04-20-132T (94.7 and 94.9 %, respectively); levels of sequence similarity with the type strains of other Deinococcus species were less than 94.0 %. Strains JSH3-1T and 9-2-2 shared relatively high 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity (98.7 %) and had a high DNA reassociation value of 81±0.5 %. Meanwhile, they showed low levels of DNA reassociation (<25 %) with other closely related species of the genus Deinococcus . The two strains showed chemotaxonomic features typical of the genus Deinococcus , with the presence of menaquinone 8 as the respiratory quinone. The predominant fatty acids were iso-C17 : 0, iso-C13 : 0 and anteiso-C13 : 0. The polar lipids comprised phosphoglycolipid, aminophospholipid, glycolipid and unknown aminolipids. The DNA G+C contents of strains JSH3-1T and 9-2-2 were 62.0 and 61.9 mol%, respectively. On the basis of their phenotypic and genotypic characteristics, and phylogenetic distinction, strains JSH3-1T (=KCTC 33790T=JCM 31311T) and 9-2-2 (=KCTC 33789=JCM 31310) should be classified within a novel species of the genus Deinococcus , for which the name Deinococcus ruber sp. nov. is proposed., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijsem.0.001567