sp. nov. and sp. nov., isolated from soil.

Two pink-pigmented bacteria, designated strains NEAU-140 and NEAU-K, were isolated from field soil collected from Linyi, Shandong Province, PR China. Both isolates were aerobic, Gram-stain-negative, rod-shaped, and facultatively methylotrophic. 16S rRNA gene sequences analysis showed that these two strains belong to the genus . Strain NEAU-140 exhibited high 16S rRNA gene sequence similarities to NBRC 15690 (97.43 %) and NBRC 105206 (97.36 %). Strain NEAU-K exhibited high 16S rRNA gene sequence similarities to NBRC 105206 (99.00 %) and DSM 23933 (98.72 %). A phylogenetic tree based on 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that strain NEAU-140 formed a clade with (95.94 %), (95.66 %) and (96.87 %), and strain NEAU-K formed a cluster with and . The predominant fatty acid in both strains was C 7. Both strains contained ubiquinone Q-10 as the only respiratory quinone. The polar lipid profiles of both strains contained diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylethanolamine, and phosphatidylcholine. Whole-genome phylogeny showed that strains NEAU-140 and NEAU-K formed a phyletic line with , , , , , , and . The orthologous average nucleotide identity (ANI) and digital DNA-DNA hybridization (dDDH) values between strain NEAU-140 and its closely related strains were lower than 82.62 and 25.90  %, respectively. The ANI and dDDH values between strain NEAU-K and its closely related strains were lower than 86.29 and 31.7 %, respectively. The genomic DNA G+C contents were 71.63 mol% for strain NEAU-140 and 69.08 mol% for strain NEAU-K. On the basis of their phenotypic and phylogenetic distinctiveness and the results of dDDH and ANI hybridization, these two isolates represent two novel species within the genus , for which the names sp. nov. (type strain NEAU-140=MCCC 1K08801=DSM 110568) and sp. nov. (type strain NEAU-K=MCCC 1K08800=DSM 110567) are proposed.