Hymenobacter yonginensis sp nov., isolated from a mesotrophic artificial lake

A non-motile, red-pigmented bacterium, designated strain HMD1010(T), was isolated from an artificial lake located within the campus of Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Yongin, Korea. A phylogenetic tree based on 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that strain HMD1010(T) formed a lineage within the genus Hymenobacter and was closely related to the type strains of Hymenobacter rigui (96.7% sequence similarity) and H. gelipurpurascens (95.6%). The major fatty acids were C-16:1 omega 5c (21.9%), summed feature 3 (iso-C-15:0, 2-OH and/or C-16:1 omega 7c; 17.2%), iso-C-15:0 (14.5%) and summed feature 4 (anteiso-C-17:1 B and/or iso-C-17:1 I; 11.9%). The DNA G+C content was 60.4 mol%. On the basis of the evidence presented in this study, strain HMD1010(T). represents a novel species of the genus Hymenobacter, for which the name Hymenobacter yonginensis sp. nov. was proposed. The type strain is HMD1010(T) (=KCTC 22745(T) =CECT 7546(T)).