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Pontibacter akesuensis sp. nov., isolated from a desert soil in China

Yu Zhou^1,, Xu Wang^1,, Huan Liu¹, Ke-Yun Zhang¹, Yu-Qin Zhang^3,4, Ren Lai^1,2 and Wen-Jun Li³

¹ Key Laboratory of Microbiological Engineering of Agricultural Environment, Ministry of Agriculture, Life Sciences College of Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210095, People's Republic of China
² Biotoxin Department of Key Laboratory of Animal Models and Human Disease Mechanisms, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming Yunnan 650223, People's Republic of China
³ Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources, Yunnan Institute of Microbiology and Yunnan University, Kunming, Yunnan 650091, People's Republic of China
⁴ Institute of Medicinal Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100050, People's Republic of China

Correspondence
Ren Lai
rlai72{at}njau.edu.cn
Wen-Jun Li
wjli{at}ynu.edu.cn

A Gram-negative, non-motile, rod-shaped bacterium, designated strain AKS 1^T, was isolated from a desert soil sample collected from Akesu, XinJiang Province, China. A taxonomic study, including phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences and phenotypic characteristics, was performed on the novel isolate. The predominant menaquinone of strain AKS 1^T was MK-7. The major fatty acids included i-C_{15 : 0}, ai-C_{17 : 1} B/i-C_{17 : 1} I and i-C_{17 : 0} 3-OH. The G+C content of the DNA was 51.4 mol%. Based on the results of phenotypic and genotypic characteristics, strain AKS 1^T should be assigned as representing a novel species of the genus Pontibacter, for which the name Pontibacter akesuensis is proposed. The type strain is AKS 1^T (=KCTC 12758^T=CCTCC AB 206086^T).

These authors contributed equally to this work.

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