Dyella halodurans sp. nov., isolated from lower subtropical forest soil.

A Gram-stain-negative, aerobic, non-endospore-forming, motile by a polar flagellum, rod-shaped bacterium, designated strain DHOG02, which produced yellow-pigmented colonies, was isolated from a soil sample collected from the lower subtropical forest of the Dinghushan Biosphere Reserve, Guangdong Province, PR China. Strain DHOG02 grew at 12-37 °C, pH 4-9 and 0-4 % (w/v) NaCl, with optima at 28 °C, pH 6-7 and 0.5 % (w/v) NaCl.

Edaphobacter acidisoli sp. nov., an acidobacterium isolated from forest soil.

Two strains, 4G-K17 and 4G-K15, were isolated from forest soil from the Dinghushan Biosphere Reserve, Guangdong Province, PR China (112° 31' E 23° 10' N). The cells of the two strains were Gram-stain-negative, aerobic and non-motile short rods that multiplied by binary division. Strains 4G-K17 and 4G-K15 were obligately acidophilic, mesophilic bacteria capable of growth at pH 3.