6%), iso-C15:0 (15.0%), C16:0 (7.8%) and iso-C17:03OH (7.0%). It was reported previously that iso-C15:0 and summed feature 3 (as the predominating fatty acids) and the presence of MK-7 (as the principal quinone) are characteristics of the genus Mucilaginibacter (Pankratov et al., 2007; Baik et al., 2010). Strain DR-f4T has summed feature 3 and iso-C15:0 as the main cellular fatty acids, similar to other Mucilaginibacter species. However, differentiation see more of the fatty acid contents of strain DR-f4T and closely related type strains of Mucilaginibacter demonstrates that strain DR-f4T

is not related to known Mucilaginibacter strains (Table 2). The G+C content

of strain DR-f4T was 42.6 mol%. Baik et al. (2010) reported that the G+C content of the genus Mucilaginibacter is between 42.4 and 47 mol%. The genotypic and phenotypic data showed that strain DR-f4T is a member of the genus Mucilaginibacter. However, it is discriminated from closely related Mucilaginibacter by <97% 16S Panobinostat clinical trial rRNA gene sequence similarity, the presence of differentiating cellular fatty acids, the carbon source oxidation profile and the hydrolysis of biopolymers such as carboxymethyl-cellulose and starch. Therefore, strain DR-f4T is considered to represent a novel species of the genus Mucilaginibacter, for which the name M. dorajii sp. nov. is proposed. Mucilaginibacter dorajii (do.ra’ji.i. N.L. gen. n. dorajii, pertaining to Doraji, the Korean name for P. grandiflorum, from which the type strain was isolated). Cells are Gram-negative, strictly aerobic, catalase-positive, oxidase-positive and nonmotile Glutamate dehydrogenase rods (measuring 1.1–1.8 × 0.6–0.8 μm). Flexirubin-type pigment is present. Colonies are circular, smooth, mucoid, convex and entire, and the colony color is light yellow. The temperature range for growth is between 4 °C and 30 °C (optimally at 20–25 °C). The initial media pH range

for growth is pH 5.0–8.0; the optimal pH was 5.5–6.0. Growth occurs in the presence of 0–1% NaCl, but not over 2% NaCl. The strain hydrolyzes starch, casein, carboxymethyl-cellulose, l-tyrosine, Tween 20, Tween 40, Tween 60 and Tween 80, but not alginate, pectin and xylan. In the API ZYM test, positive reactions for alkaline phosphatase, leucine arylamidase, valine arylamidase, acid phosphatase, naphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase, α-galactosidase, β-galactosidase, α-glucosidase, β-glucosidase and n-acetyl-β-glucosaminidase, weakly positive reactions for esterase (C4), esterase lipase (C8), crystine arylamidase, α-mannosidase, α-fucosidase and trypsin and negative reactions for lipase (C14), α-chymotrypsin and β-glucuronidase were observed.