Lysobacter ximonensis sp nov., isolated from soil

A bacterial isolate, strain XM415(T), obtained from soil of Tibet in China was characterized using a polyphasic taxonomic approach. Strain XM415(T) was aerobic, Gram-negative, gliding, rod-shaped, oxidase-negative and catalase-positive. Strain XM415(T) showed the highest 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity with Lysobacter niastensis GH41-7(T) (96.0%). Ubiquinone Q-8 and branched fatty acids, such as iso-C-16:0 (24.0%), iso-C-15:0 (22.6%), iso-C-17:1 omega 9c (6.7%), iso-C-14:0 (6.1%) and iso-C-11:0 3-OH (5.2%), were predominant in strain XM415(T) as well as in all type strains of recognized Lysobacter species. The DNA G + C content of XM415(T) was 63.5 mol%. The genotypic and phenotypic data show that strain XM415(T) represents a novel species of the genus Lysobacter, for which the name Lysobacter ximonensis sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is XM415(T) (=CCTCC AB 207091(T) =NRRL B-51263(T)).