Cohnella luojiensis sp. nov., isolated from soil of a Euphrates poplar forest
A novel strain, HY-22RT, was isolated from soil of a Euphrates poplar forest in Xinjiang, China. The cells were Gram-positive-staining, rod-shaped and motile by means of peritrichous flagella. Growth occurred at 10–37 °C (optimum 30 °C), at pH 7.0–8.0 (optimum pH 7.0) and with 0–1 % NaCl. A phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences revealed that strain HY-22RT was closely related to Cohnella phaseoli GSPC1T (96.3 % sequence similarity). The major respiratory quinone was MK-7 and the predominant fatty acids were anteiso-C15 : 0, iso-C15 : 0, iso-C16 : 0 and C16 : 0. The major polar lipids were diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylglycerol and phosphatidylethanolamine. The DNA G+C content was 49.6 mol%. On the basis of the phylogenetic, physiological and chemotaxonomic data, strain HY-22RT represents a novel species in the genus Cohnella, for which the name Cohnella luojiensis sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is HY-22RT (=CCTCC AB 208254T =NRRL B-59213T).