%0 Journal Article %A Li, Yan-Qiong %A Narsing Rao, Manik Prabhu %A Zhang, Hui %A Guo, Yan-Mei %A Dong, Zhou-Yan %A Alkhalifah, Dalal Hussien M. %A Hozzein, Wael N. %A Xiao, Min %A Li, Wen-Jun %T Description of Sphingomonas mesophila sp. nov., isolated from Gastrodia elata Blume %D 2019 %J International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, %V 69 %N 4 %P 1030-1034 %@ 1466-5034 %R https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.003263 %K genome analysis %K Sphingomonas mesophila %K Gastrodia elataBlume %K endophyte %I Microbiology Society, %X A Gram-staining-negative, strictly aerobic, non-motile strain, SYSUP0001T, was isolated from tubers of Gastrodia elata Blume. The 16S rRNA gene sequence result indicated that SYSUP0001T represents a member of the genus Sphingomonas , with the highest sequence similarity (97.7 %) to the type strain of Sphingomonas ginsengisoli . SYSUP0001T grew at 14–37 °C and pH 6–8, with optimum growth at 28 °C and pH 7. Tolerance to NaCl was up to 3 % (w/v) with optimum growth in the absence of NaCl. The respiratory quinone was Q-10. The major fatty acids were C18 : 1ω7c, Summed feature 3 (C16 : 1ω7c/C16 : 1ω6c), and C16 : 0. The polar lipids were diphosphatidylglycerol (DPG), phosphatidylethanolamine (PE), phosphatidylglycerol (PG), sphingoglycolipid (SGL), phosphatidylcholine (PC) and four unidentified polar lipids (L). The DNA G+C content was 67.5 %. The average nucleotide identity (ANI) values between SYSUP0001T and closely related members of the genus Sphingomonas were below the cut-off level (95–96 %) for species delineation. On the basis of the phenotypic, phylogenetic and chemotaxonomic characterizations, SYSUP0001T represents a novel species of the genus Sphingomonas , for which the name Sphingomonasmesophila sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is SYSUP0001T (=KCTC 62179 T=CGMCC 1.16462T). %U https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijsem.0.003263