sp. nov., isolated from soil.

Designated strain K5 was isolated from soil on Jeju Island. The bacterium was aerobic, Gram-stain-negative, oxidase-positive, catalase-low activity, motile, short-rod shaped, opaque and formed white colonies that were circular, raised and had entire margins. Strain K5 was able to grow at 15-40 °C, pH 4-9 and at 0-2 % (w/v) NaCl concentration. Phylogenetic analysis based on its 16S rRNA gene sequences indicated that strain K5 is closely related to A15 (98.9 % sequence similarity), Sp-1 (98.7 %) and LM-6T (97.4 %). The sole respiratory quinone was determined to be ubiquinone-10. The dominant fatty acids of strain K5 were summed feature 8 (C ω / Cω, 29.8 %), C cyclo ω8 (20.2 %) and C (24.4 %). DNA G+C content was 63.6 % and DNA-DNA relatedness between strain K5 and other three members of the genus ranged from 24 to 28 %. The major polar lipids were identified as phosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylethanolamine and aminolipids. Moreover, polyphasic characterization revealed that strain K5 represents a novel species in the genus for which the name sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is K5 (=KCCM 43295=LMG 30611).