Arthrobacter cheniae and Arthrobacter frigidicola sp. nov., isolated from a glacier

Two Gram-stain-positive, aerobic, rod-shaped, pink and light pink colony-forming bacteria, designated as Hz2T and MDT2-14T, respectively, were isolated from glacier cryoconite samples. Comparisons based on 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that strains Hz2T and MDT2-14T take Arthrobacter bussei KR32T and Arthrobacter zhaoguopingii J391T as their closest neighbours, respectively. The average nucleotide identity values between the two novel strains and their closest relatives were 83.56 and 93.06 %, respectively. The two strains contain MK-9(H2) as their predominant menaquinone. The polar lipids of both strains were phosphatidylglycerol, diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylinositol and an unidentified glycolipid. The major fatty acids of strain Hz2T were anteiso-C15 : 0, summed feature 3 (comprising C16 : 1 ω7c and/or C16 : 1 ω6c) and iso-C15 : 0, while the major fatty acids of strain MDT2-14T were anteiso-C15 : 0 and anteiso-C17 : 0. Based on these data, we propose two novel species, Arthrobacter cheniae sp. nov. (Hz2T = CGMCC 1.9262T=NBRC 113086T) and Arthrobacter frigidicola sp. nov. (MDT2-14T=CGMCC 1.9882T=NBRC 113089T).

Cryobacterium ruanii sp. nov. and Cryobacterium breve sp. nov., isolated from glaciers

Strains Sr36T and TMT4-23T were isolated from No. 1 glacier in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region and Toumingmengke glacier in Gansu Province, PR China, respectively. They were Gram-stain-positive and rod-shaped micro-organisms. The optimum growth temperature of the two strains was 10–14 °C. Phylogenetic analysis showed that the two strains were related to members of the genus Cryobacterium . The average nucleotide identity (ANI) and digital DNA–DNA hybridization (dDDH) values between strain Sr36T and its close relatives Cryobacterium luteum Hh15T, Cryobacterium aureum Hh31T, Cryobacterium levicorallinum Hh34T and Cryobacterium flavum Hh8T were 81.16–87.24 and 28.0–32.5 %, respectively. The ANI and dDDH values between strain TMT4-23T and its close relative Cryobacterium psychrotolerans 0549T were 81.16 and 22.3 %. The polar lipids of strain Sr36T were diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylglycerol, one unidentified glycolipid and three unidentified lipids. The polar lipids of strain TMT4-23T were diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylglycerol, one unidentified glycolipid, one unidentified phospholipid and six unidentified lipids. The major fatty acids of strain Sr36T were anteiso-C15 : 0, iso-C16 : 0, anteiso-C17 : 0 and anteiso-C15 : 1. The major fatty acids of strain TMT4-23T were anteiso-C15 : 0, anteiso-C17 : 0, iso-C16 : 0, anteiso-C15 : 1 and iso-C15 : 1. Both strains contained 2,4-diaminobutyric acid and their predominant menaquinone was MK-10. On the basis of the phenotypic, phylogenetic and genotypic data, two novel species Cryobacterium ruanii sp. nov. (type strain = Sr36T=CGMCC 1.9275T=NBRC 113797T) and Cryobacterium breve sp. nov. (type strain =TMT4-23T=CGMCC 1.9556T=NBRC 113800T) are proposed.

Emticicia aquatica sp. nov., a species of the family Cytophagaceae isolated from fresh water

A Gram-staining-negative, non-gliding, orange-pigmented bacterial strain, designated HMF2925T, was isolated from fresh water in Korea. The phylogenetic tree based on 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that strain HMF2925T formed a distinct lineage within the genus Emticicia. Strain HMF2925T was closely related to Emticicia oligotrophica DSM 17448T (95.5 %) and Emticicia ginsengisoli Gsoil 085T (94.1 %). The major fatty acids of strain HMF2925T were summed feature 3 (C16 : 1ω6c and/or C16 : 1ω7c), iso-C15 : 0, C16 : 1ω5c and C16 : 0.The major polar lipids of strain HMF2925T were phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylinositol, diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylglycerol, an unidentified glycolipid, two unidentified amino lipids and three unidentified polar lipids. The DNA G+C content of strain HMF2925T was 36.5 mol%. On the basis of the evidence presented in this study, strain HMF2925T represents a novel species of the genus Emticicia, for which the name Emticicia aquatica sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is HMF2925T ( = KCTC 42574T = CECT 8858T).