sp. nov., a xylan-degrading bacterium isolated from decaying forest soil.

A xylanolytic bacterial strain, named A59, was isolated from a forest soil consortium in southern Argentina. Strain A59 is a Gram-stain-positive, facultative anaerobic, endospore-forming and rod-shaped bacterium. Its optimal growth conditions are 30 °C (range, 28-37 °C), pH 7 (range, pH 5-10) and it tolerates up to 7 % of NaCl (range, 2-7 %).