RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Kang, Joo Won A1 Choi, Seon A1 Choe, Han Na A1 Seong, Chi NamYR 2018 T1 Hymenobacter defluvii sp. nov., isolated from wastewater of an acidic water neutralization facility JF International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, VO 68 IS 1 SP 277 OP 282 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.002497 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1466-5034, AB A non-motile, pink-coloured and rod-shaped bacterium, designated strain POA9T, was isolated from a wastewater treatment facility, Republic of Korea. Cells were Gram-reaction-negative, aerobic, catalase-positive and oxidase-negative. The major fatty acids were C16 : 1ω5c, iso-C15 : 0, summed feature 3 (C16 : 1ω6c and/or C16 : 1ω7c) and anteiso-C15 : 0. The strain contained MK-7 as the only isoprenoid quinone, phosphatidylethanolamine as the major polar lipid and sym-homospermidine as the major polyamine. The DNA G+C content was 57 mol%. A phylogenetic tree based on 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that strain POA9T forms a distinct evolutionary lineage within the radiation enclosing the members of the genus Hymenobacter , sharing the highest similarity with Hymenobacter actinosclerus CCUG 39621T (95.5 % sequence similarity) followed by Hymenobacter seoulensis 16F7GT (95.5 %), Hymenobacter tibetensis XTM003T (95.4 %), Hymenobacter rutilus K2-33028T (95.4 %) and Hymenobacter psychrotolerans Tibet-IIU11T (94.9 %). A number of phenotypic characteristics distinguished strain POA9T from the related members of the genus Hymenobacter . On the basis of the evidence presented in this study, a novel species, Hymenobacter defluvii sp. nov., is proposed for strain POA9T (=KCTC 52270T=JCM 31658T)., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijsem.0.002497