sp. nov., isolated from soil.

A novel strain, SUN51, was isolated from soils sampled in Wisconsin, USA, as part of a biogeography survey. Genome sequencing revealed that this strain had less than 90 % average nucleotide identity (ANI) to type species of : SUN51 was most closely related to A217 (99.5 % 16S rRNA gene identity, 89.4 % ANI). Genome size was estimated at 8.81 Mb, and the genome DNA G+C content was 72 mol%. The strain possessed the cellular fatty acids anteiso-C, iso-C, 16 : 1 ω7c, anteiso-C, iso-C and C. The predominant menaquinones were MK-9 H4, MK-9 H6 and MK-9 H8. Strain SUN51 contained the polar lipids phosphatidic acid, phosphatidyl ethanolamine, phosphatidyl glycerol and diphosphatidyl glycerol. The cell wall contained ll-diaminopimelic acid. The strain could grow on a broad range of carbon sources and tolerate temperatures of up to 40 °C. The results of the polyphasic study confirmed that this isolate represents a novel species of the genus , for which the name sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain of this species is SUN51 (=NRRL B-65543=JCM 33736).