Aestuariimicrobium ganziense sp. nov., a new Gram-positive bacterium isolated from soil in the Ganzi Tibetan autonomous prefecture, China.

A novel Gram-stain positive, oval-shaped, and non-flagellated bacterium, designated YIM S02566, was isolated from alpine soil in Shadui Towns, Ganzi County, Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province, PR China. Growth occurred at 23-35 °C (optimum, 30 °C) in the presence of 0.5-4% (w/v) NaCl (optimum, 1%) and at pH 7.0-8.0 (optimum, pH 7.0). The phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequence revealed that strain YIM S02566 was most closely related to the genus Aestuariimicrobium, with Aestuariimicrobium kwangyangense R27 and Aestuariimicrobium soli D6 as its closest relative (sequence similarities were 96.3% and 95.4%, respectively). YIM S02566 contained LL-diaminopimelic acid in the cell wall. MK-9(H4) was the predominant menaquinone. The major fatty acid patterns were anteiso-C (60.0%). The major polar lipid was DPG. The genome size of strain YIM S02566 was 3.1 Mb, comprising 3078 predicted genes with a DNA G + C content of 69.0 mol%. Based on these genotypic, chemotaxonomic and phenotypic evidences, strain YIM S02566 was identified as a novel species in the genus Aestuariimicrobium, for which the name Aestuariimicrobium ganziense sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is YIM S02566 (= CGMCC 1.18751 T = KCTC 49,477 T).