Novosphingobium lotistagni sp. nov., isolated from a lotus pond

A Gram-staining-negative, aerobic, non-motile, rod-shaped and yellow-pigmented bacterium, designated strain THG-DN6.20^T, was isolated from a lotus pond near Donghaksa temple in Daejeon, Republic of Korea. According to 16S rRNA gene sequence comparisons, strain THGDN6.20^T was found to be most closely related to Novosphingobium rosa IFO 15208^T (97.6% sequence similarity), Novosphingobium sediminicola HU1-AH51^T (97.5 %) and Novosphingobium barchaimii LL02T (96.9 %). The DNA–DNA relatedness between strain THGDN6.20^T and its phylogenetically closest neighbours was below 60.0 %. The respiratory quinone and polyamine detected in strain THG-DN6.20^T were ubiquinone Q-10 and spermidine, respectively. The DNA G+C content was 63.1 mol%. The major polar lipids were found to be phosphatidylethanolamine, diphosphatidylglycerol, sphingoglycolipid and phosphatidylcholine. The major fatty acids were identified as C16: 0, summed feature 3 (C16:_1ω7c and/or C16:_1ω6c), summed feature 8 (C18:_1ω7c and/or C18:_1ω6c) and C_{14: 0}2-OH. These data supported the affiliation of strain THG-DN6.20T to the genus Novosphingobium. Strain THG-DN6.20^T could be distinguished from related species of the genus Novosphingobium by physiological and biochemical characteristics. Therefore, the novel isolate represents a novel species, for which the name Novosphingobium lotistagni sp. nov. is proposed, with THG-DN6.20^T as the type strain (=KACC 18541^T=CCTCC AB 2015354^T).