sp. nov., a novel microcystin-degrading alphaproteobacterium containing the carbapenemase gene.

A Gram-stain-negative, rod-shaped, microcystin-degrading bacterium, designated as CPCC 100929, was isolated from a fresh water reservoir in Sichuan Province, PR China. This isolate grew well at 4-37 °C and pH 6.0-8.

Jatrophihabitans huperziae sp. nov., an endophytic actinobacterium isolated from surface-sterilized tissue of the medicinal plant Huperzia serrata (Thunb.).

A novel endophytic actinobacterium, designated strain CPCC 204076T, was isolated from surface-sterilized tissue of the medicinal plant Huperzia serrata (Thunb.) collected from Sichuan Province, south-west China. The taxonomic position of the isolate was investigated by a polyphasic approach.

Steroidobacter flavus sp. nov., a microcystin-degrading Gammaproteobacterium isolated from soil.

A microcystin-degrading strain, designated CPCC 100154(T), was isolated from a forest soil sample collected from Hainan Island, South China. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences indicated that strain CPCC 100154(T) is affiliated to the family Sinobacteraceae in Gammaproteobacteria, with high 16S rRNA gene sequence similarities of 98.1, 96.

Jonesia luteola sp. nov., a bacterium isolated from Xinjiang Province, China.

A Gram-positive, facultative anaerobe microorganism, designated YIM 93067(T), was isolated from a salt lake in Xinjiang Province of China and subjected to a polyphasic taxonomic study. Strain YIM 93067(T) grew at 5-40 °C, 0-8.0 % (w/v) NaCl and pH 7.