Mucilaginibacter panaciglaebae sp. nov., isolated from soil of a ginseng field.

A Gram-reaction-negative, strictly aerobic, non-motile and rod-shaped bacterium, designated strain BXN5-31, was isolated from soil of a ginseng field, and its taxonomic position was investigated using a polyphasic approach. Strain BXN5-31 grew at 18-37 °C and at pH 6.0-8.0 on R2A medium. Based on 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity, strain BXN5-31 was shown to belong to the genus Mucilaginibacter and was closely related to Mucilaginibactersoyangensis HME6664, Mucilaginibacterximonensis XM-003 and Mucilaginibacterpuniceus WS71. The DNA G+C content was 43.6 %. The predominant respiratory quinone was menaquinone 7 (MK-7) and the major fatty acids were iso-C15 : 0, iso-C17 : 0 3-OH and summed feature 3 (comprising C16 : 1ω6c and/or C16 : 1ω7c). The major polar lipids were phosphatidylglycerol, diphosphatidylglycerol and phosphatidylethanolamine. The DNA-DNA hybridization values between strain BXN5-31 and three reference strains (M. soyangensis HME6664, M. ximonensis XM-003 and M. puniceus WS71) were 9.4±1.9, 8.2±1.3 and 5.7±0.7 %, respectively. The DNA G+C content and chemotaxonomic data supported the affiliation of strain BXN5-31 to the genus Mucilaginibacter. Moreover, the physiological and biochemical results and low level of DNA-DNA relatedness allowed the phenotypic and genotypic differentiation of strain BXN5-31 from recognized species of the genus Mucilaginibacter. The isolate therefore represents a novel species, for which the name Mucilaginibacter panaciglaebae sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is BXN5-31 (=KACC 14957=JCM 17085).