RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Li, Juan A1 Zhang, Binglin A1 Liu, Guangxiu A1 Liu, Yang A1 Yang, Hui A1 Yang, Ruiqi A1 Huang, Yixuan A1 Li, Shiweng A1 Chen, Tuo A1 Zhang, Wei A1 Zhang, GaosenYR 2020 T1 Radiobacillus deserti gen. nov., sp. nov., a UV-resistant bacterium isolated from desert soil JF International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, VO 70 IS 12 SP 6338 OP 6347 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.004536 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1466-5034, AB A Gram-stain-positive, aerobic, rod-shaped, non-motile, endospore-forming and UV-resistant bacterial strain, designated strain TKL69T, was isolated from sandy soil sampled in the Taklimakan Desert. The strain grew at 20–50 °C, pH 6–9 and with 0–12 % (w/v) NaCl. The major fatty acids were anteiso-C15 : 0, iso-C15 : 0 and C16 : 0. The only respiratory quinone was MK-7. The cell-wall peptidoglycan was meso-diaminopimelic acid. Diphosphatidyl glycerol, two unidentified aminophospholipids and one unidentified phospholipid were identified as the major polar lipids. Genomic DNA analysis revealed a G+C content of 38.5 mol%. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that strain TKL69T has the highest similarity to Salinibacillus xinjiangensis CGMCC 1.12331T (96.9 %) but belongs to an independent taxon separated from other genera of the family Bacillaceae . Phylogenetic, phenotypic and chemotaxonomic analyses suggested that strain TKL69T represents a novel species of a new genus, for which the name Radiobacillus gen. nov., sp. nov. is proposed, with the type strain being Radiobacillus deserti TKL69T (=JCM 33497T=CICC 24779T)., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijsem.0.004536