%0 Journal Article %A Chen, Qing %A Zang, Xiao-Xia %A Hang, Xing %A Wang, Hong-Mei %A Jia, Wei-Bin %A Li, Shun-Peng %A Jiang, Jian-Dong %A Chen, Kai %T Emticicia soli sp. nov., a novel member of the family ‘Flexibacteraceae’, isolated from tetrabromobisphenol A-contaminated soil %D 2017 %J International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, %V 67 %N 8 %P 2885-2890 %@ 1466-5034 %R https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.002041 %K Gram-stain negative %K Emticicia soli sp. nov. %K 16S rRNA gene %K taxonomy %I Microbiology Society, %X Bacterial strain ZZ-4T, a Gram-stain-negative, aerobic, non-spore-forming, non-motile, non-flagellated, rod-shaped bacterium, was isolated from tetrabromobisphenol A-contaminated soil in PR China. The taxonomic position of this strain was investigated using a polyphasic approach. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences revealed that strain ZZ-4T was a member of the genus Emticicia and showed the highest sequence similarity to Emticicia fontis IMCC1731T (98.0 %) and Emticicia ginsengisoli Gsoil 085T (97.2 %), and lower (<97 %) sequence similarity to other known Emticicia species. Chemotaxonomic analysis revealed that strain ZZ-4T possessed menaquinone MK-7 as the major isoprenoid quinone; and iso-C15 : 0, summed feature 3 (C16 : 1ω6c and/or C16 : 1ω7), iso-C17 : 0 3-OH and C16 : 1ω5c were the predominant fatty acids. Strain ZZ-4T showed low DNA–DNA relatedness with E. fontis IMCC1731T (39.8±3.1 %) and E. ginsengisoli Gsoil 085T (44.51±1.5 %). The DNA G+C content was 38.3 mol%. Based on the phylogenetic and phenotypic characteristics, chemotaxonomic data and DNA–DNA hybridization results, strain ZZ-4T is considered to represent a novel species of the genus Emticicia , for which the name Emticicia soli sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is ZZ-4T (=KCTC 52344T=CCTCC AB 2016137T). %U https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijsem.0.002041