sp. nov., isolated from a soil sample of Collins Glacier front, Antarctica.

A Gram-stain-negative, rod-shaped, and aerobic bacterium, strain 16-35-5, was isolated from Collins Glacier front soil from the Fildes Peninsula, Antarctica. The bacterium grew optimally at 28 °C, pH 7.0 and in the presence of 0-4.0 % (w/v) NaCl. On the basis of the results of 16S rRNA gene sequence phylogenetic analyses, it was concluded that 16-35-5 represented a member of the genus and had the highest sequence similarities with CFBP 3232 (96.48 %). The genome of 16-35-5 is 4.2 Mb long with a DNA G+C content of 66.3 mol%. Average nucleotide identity (ANI) value between the genomes of 16-35-5 and DSM 27981, was 85.29 %. Strain 16-35-5 had ubiquinone-8 (Q-8) as the respiratory ubiquinone. The polar lipids of 16-35-5 were consisted of phosphatidylethanolamine, diphosphatidylglycerol and phosphatidylglycerol. The main fatty acids were summed feature 3 (Cω7 and/or Cω6, 25.2 %), summed feature 8 (Cω7 and/or Cω6, 12.9 %), C (35.2 %), and C cyclo (19.0 %). On the basis of the evidence presented in this study, 16-35-5 should be classified as representing a novel species of the genus , for which the name sp. nov., is proposed, with the type strain 16-35-5 (=CCTCC AB 2019325=KCTC 72915).