sp. nov., a pesticide-degrading bacterium isolated from the insect living in deserted cropland.

A Gram-stain-negative, non-spore-forming, motile, aerobic, rod-shaped bacteria strain, designated LCB8, was isolated from the insect captured from a deserted cropland in Shuangliu district, Chengdu, PR China. Phylogenetic analysis on the basis of 16S rRNA gene sequence indicated that the strain represented a member of the genus , family , class CCUG 60088 (97.9 %) and CCUG 38531 (98.8 %) were identified as the most closely related phylogenetic neighbours of strain LCB8. The novel strain was able to grow at salt concentrations of 0-4.5 % (w/v), pH 5-9 and temperatures of 20-42 °C. The major quinone system was ubiquinone Q-10, the major fatty acids were Cω7, C and C. The major polar lipids were phosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylcholine, phosphatidylmonomethylethanolamine, diphosphatidylglycerol and four undefined aminolipids. The major polyamines were putrescine and spermidine. Genome sequencing revealed a genome size of 4.76 Mbp and a DNA G+C content of 57.1 mol%. These phenotypic, genotypic and chemotaxonomic traits excellently supported the affiliation of LCB8 to the genus . Pairwise determined whole-genome average nucleotide identity (ANI) values indicated that strain LCB8 represents a novel species, for which we propose the name sp. nov. with the type strain LCB8 (=KCTC 72031=CGMCC 1.13984).