Terrihabitans rhizophilus sp. nov., isolated from the rhizosphere soil of plant in temperate semi-arid steppe.

A bacterial strain PJ23 was isolated from the rhizosphere soil of Elymus dahuricus Turcz. sampled from a temperate semi-arid steppe in the northern of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China. The strain is Gram-stain-negative, aerobic, light-pink, short rod-shaped, and non-spore-forming.

sp.nov., isolated from rhizosphere soil.

A spherical, pink, aerobic, Gram-stain-positive bacterial strain (MIMF12) was isolated from rhizosphere soil collected in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, PR China. Cellular growth of the strain was observed at pH 6.0-8.