Nevskia terrae sp nov., isolated from soil

A Gram-negative bacterium, designated KIS13-15(T), was isolated from soil in Korea. Cells were strictly aerobic rods and were motile with 1-3 subpolar flagella. 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis revealed that strain KIS13-15(T) belonged to the order Xanthomonadales of the class Gammaproteobacteria and was closely related to Nevskia soli GR15-1(T) (97.9% 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity) and Nevskia ramosa Soe1(T) (96.8%). Strain KIS13-15(T) exhibited 38 and 29% DNA-DNA relatedness with N. soli KACC 11703(T) and N. ramosa DSM 11499(T), respectively. The major fatty acids (>10% of the total) were C(18:1)omega 7c (40.6%) and C(16:0) (12.4%). The major isoprenoid quinone was ubiquinone 8. DNA G+C content was 67.3 mol%. The phenotypic characterization combined with 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis and DNA-DNA hybridization clearly classified strain KIS13-15(T) in a novel species of the genus Nevskia, for which the name Nevskia terrae sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is KIS13-15(T) (=KACC 12736(T) =JCM 15425(T)),