| planobacterium taklimakanense gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the family flavobacteriaceae that exhibits swimming motility, isolated from desert soil. | a gram-negative and rod-shaped bacterial strain, x-65(t), isolated from desert soil of xinjiang, china, was subjected to phenotypic and phylogenetic studies. on the basis of 16s rrna gene sequence analyses, the isolate showed closest relationship to members of the genera chryseobacterium (92.4-95.4 % similarity), cloacibacterium (94.0 %), sejongia (93.9 %) and elizabethkingia (93.8 %) and to riemerella columbina lmg 11607(t) (93.3 %). the strain differed from its phylogenetic neighbours by its s ... | 2009 | 19542118 |