Description of Sandaracinobacter Hominis Sp. Nov., Isolated From Human Skin

Abstract Strain SZY PN-1T, representing a novel Gram-negative, aerobic, non-motile, rod-shaped and yellow-pigmented bacterium, was isolated from a skin sample of a healthy Chinese people. Growth of SZY PN-1T optimally occurred at pH 7.0, at 30 ºC and tolerate up to 1.0 % (w/v) NaCl. According to the absorption spectrum, carotenoid was present in the cells. Comparative analysis of the 16S rRNA gene revealed that strain SZY PN-1T shared high similarities with Sandaracinobacter sibiricus RB16-17T (97.1 %) and Sandaracinobacter neustonicus JCM 30734T (96.6 %), respectively. Phylogenetic analysis of 16S rRNA gene sequences together with protein-concatamer tree showed that SZY PN-1T formed a separate branch within the genus Sandaracinobacter. The DNA G+C content of the strain SZY PN-1T was 65.0 % (genome). The polar lipid profile included phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylglycerol, two sphingoglycolipids, diphosphatidylglycerol, five unidentified glycolipids and seven unidentified lipids. The predominant fatty acids (> 10.0 %) were identified as C18:1 ω7c and/or C18:1 ω6c, C17:1 ω6c, C16:1 ω7c and/or C16:1 ω6c. The major respiratory quinone was ubiquinone Q-10. Based on the phenotypic and genotypic features, we proposed Sandaracinobacter hominis sp. nov. with type strain SZY PN-1T (= KCTC 82150T = NBRC 114675T).