| sphingobacterium siyangense sp. nov., isolated from farm soil. | the taxonomic position of a novel gram-negative strain, designated sy1(t), isolated from a farm-soil sample obtained from jiangsu province, pr china, was characterized by using a polyphasic approach. the cells were non-motile, non-spore-forming rods. the organism grew optimally at 30-37 degrees c and at ph 6.0-8.0. based on 16s rrna gene sequence analysis, strain sy1(t) is a member of the genus sphingobacterium; sphingobacterium multivorum jcm 21156(t) was the nearest relative (98.5 % sequence s ... | 2008 | 18523194 |