Description of sp. nov., isolated from the coastal soil rhizosphere of and reclassification of as a later heterotypic synonym of .

The strain Je 1-4 was isolated from the coastal rhizosphere soil of M. Bieb. (Crimean Peninsula). Phylogenetic studies based on the 16S rRNA gene sequence revealed that Je 1-4 is phylogenetically close to subsp. NBRC 13452 (JCM 4322) and NBRC 12894 (DSM 40276) with sequence similarities of 99.86 to 99.93%. The genome of strain Je 1-4 consisted of a linear chromosome with a size of 8.9 Mbp and a G+C content of 70.9mol%. Digital DNA-DNA hybridization (dDDH) analysis showed that Je 1-4 is distinct from both subsp. and (dDDH values of 66.6% and 66.7 %, respectively), while the latter two strains likely represent the same species (dDDH value of 92.0%). The predominant fatty acids in the strains were iso-C, anteiso-C and anteiso-C, and the major menaquinones were MK9 H6 and MK9 H8. Based on these genomic and phenotypic data, strain Je 1-4 represents a novel species of , for which the name sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is Je 1-4 (=DSM 117375=LMG 33490). Additionally, we propose that subsp. Baldacci and Grein 1966 (Approved Lists 1980) is a later heterotypic synonym of (Sveshnikova 1957) Pridham et al. 1958 (Approved Lists 1980).