RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Liu, Lei A1 Hui, Nan A1 Liang, Lixiong A1 Zhang, Xiaoxia A1 Sun, Qiwu A1 Li, LubinYR 2019 T1 Sphingomonas deserti sp. nov., isolated from Mu Us Sandy Land soil JF International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, VO 69 IS 2 SP 441 OP 446 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.003168 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1466-5034, AB A Gram-stain-negative, rod-shaped bacterium, designated as strain GL-C-18T, was isolated from soil sample collected at Mu Us Sandy Land, China, and its taxonomic position was investigated using a polyphasic approach. Growth was observed in the presence of 0–1 % (w/v) NaCl (optimum, 0 %), pH 6.0–9.0 (optimum, pH 7.0–8.0) and 20–37 °C. On the basis of 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity, strain GL-C-18T belonged to the family Sphingomonadaceae and was most closely related to Sphingosinicella vermicomposti YC7378T (95.7 %), Sphingomonas oligophenolica S213T (95.0 %) and Sphingobium boeckii 301T (94.8 %). The draft genome of strain GL-C-18T was 6.09 Mb, and the G+C content was 66.0 %. The average nucleotide identity value to Sphingosinicella vermicomposti YC7378T was 83.7 %. The predominant respiratory quinone was Q-10. The major fatty acids were C18 : 1ω7c, summed feature 3 (C16 : 1 ω7c and/or C16 : 1 ω6c), C16:0 and C14 : 0 2OH. The main polar lipids were sphingoglycolipid, diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylethanolamine and phosphatidylcholine. On the basis of chemotaxonomic, phylogenetic and phenotypic evidence, strain GL-C-18T represents a novel species of the genus Sphingomonas , for which the name Sphingomonas deserti sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is GL-C-18T (=ACCC 60076T=KCTC 62411T)., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijsem.0.003168