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A novel slow-growing bacterium, designated strain AW1220, was isolated from agricultural floodplain soil sampled at Mashare (Kavango region, Namibia) by using a high-throughput cultivation approach. Strain AW1220 was characterized as a Gram-negative, non-motile, rod-shaped bacterium. Occasionally, some cells attained an unusual length of up to 35 µm. The strain showed positive responses for catalase and cytochrome- oxidase and divided by binary fission and/or budding. The strain had an aerobic chemoorganoheterotrophic metabolism and was also able to grow under micro-oxic conditions. Colonies were small and pink pigmented. Strain AW1220 was found to be a mesophilic, neutrophilic and non-halophilic bacterium. Cells accumulated polyphosphate intracellularly and mainly utilized complex protein substrates for growth. 16S rRNA gene sequence comparisons revealed that strain AW1220 belonged to the class (=group 1). Its closest relatives were found to be T-27 (90.9 % gene sequence similarity), AP64 (90.8 %) and CB-286315 (84.2 %). The genomic G+C content was 73.3 mol%. The major fatty acids were iso-C, Cω7 and/or iso-C 2-OH, iso-Cω9, iso-C 3-OH and C. The predominant respiratory quinone was MK-9, albeit minor amounts of MK-8 and MK-10 are also present. The polar lipids comprised major amounts of phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylcholine, diphosphatidylglycerol and one unidentified phosphoglycolipid. On the basis of its polyphasic characterization, strain AW1220 represents a novel genus and species of the class for which the name gen. nov., sp. nov. is proposed, with the type strain AW1220 (=DSM 104292=LMG 29977).

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