Anseongella ginsenosidimutans gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from soil cultivating ginseng

A Gram-stain-negative, rod-shaped, non-spore-forming, oxidase and catalase-positive, strictly aerobic bacterium, designated strain Gsoil 524^T, was isolated from the soil of a ginseng field and subjected to polyphasic taxonomic analysis. Phylogenetic analysis, based on the 16S rRNA gene sequence, placed Gsoil 524^T in a distinct lineage in the family Sphingobacteriaceae, sharing 87.2-88.0 % sequence similarity with members of the closely related genera Pedobacter, Mucilaginibacter and Solitalea. Strain Gsoil 524^T contained MK-7 as the predominant quinone, and iso-C_15 : 0, iso-C_17 : 0 3-OH, summed feature 3 (C_16 : 1ω7c and/or C_16 : 1ω6c) and C_16 : 1ω5c as the major fatty acids. Strain Gsoil 524^T could be distinguished from the other members of the family Sphingobacteriaceae by a number of chemotaxonomic and phenotypic characteristics. The major polar lipids in strain Gsoil 524^T were phosphatidylethanolamine and two unidentified polar lipids. Compared with the standard and reference strains unidentified sphingolipid was also found. Based on this polyphasic taxonomic analysis, strain Gsoil 524^T represents a novel species within a novel genus, for which the name Anseongella ginsenosidimutans gen. nov., sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain of Anseongella ginsenosidimutans is Gsoil 524^T ( = KACC 14636^T = KCTC 22261^T = LMG 24494^T).