sp. nov., isolated from ginseng soil.

A novel Gram-stain-negative, aerobic, rod-shaped, non-motile, cream-coloured strain (G124) was isolated from ginseng soil collected in Yeongju, Republic of Korea. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences revealed that strain G124 belongs to a distinct lineage within the genus (family , order and class ). Strain G124 was closely related to THG-T61 (98.5 % 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity), SYSUP0001 (98.3 %), DAC4 (97.6 %) and TDMA-16 (97.6 %). The strain contained ubiquinone 10 as the major respiratory quinone. The major polar lipid profile of strain G124 comprised phosphatidylethanolamine, diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylcholine and sphingoglycolipids. The predominant cellular fatty acids of strain G124 were summed feature 8 (C 7/C 6; 33.4 %), summed feature 3 (C 6/C 7; 27.2 %) and C (18.3 %). The genome size of strain G124 was 2 549 305 bp. The genomic DNA G+C content is 62.0 mol%. The average nucleotide identity and digital DNA-DNA hybridization values between strain G124 and other species were in the range of 71.2-75.9 % and 18.7-19.9 %, respectively. Based on the polyphasic analysis such as biochemical, phylogenetic and chemotaxonomic characteristics, strain G124 represents a novel species of the genus , for which the name sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is G124 (=KACC 21691=LMG 31729).