Whole-Genome Optical Mapping and Finished Genome Sequence of Sphingobacterium deserti sp. nov., a New Species Isolated from the Western Desert of China Author Teng, Chao Biotechnology Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, P. R. China, Author Zhou, Zhengfu Biotechnology Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, P. R. China, Author Molnár, István Natural Products Center, School of Natural Resources and the Environment, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America, Author Li, Xinna Biotechnology Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, P. R. China, Author Tang, Ran Biotechnology Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, P. R. China, Author Chen, Ming Biotechnology Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, P. R. China, Author Wang, Lin Biotechnology Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, P. R. China, & Key Laboratory of Resource Biology and Biotechnology in Western China, Ministry of Education, Northwest University, Xi’an, P. R. China Author Su, Shiyou Biotechnology Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, P. R. China, Author Zhang, Wei Biotechnology Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, P. R. China, Author Lin, Min Biotechnology Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, P. R. China, text PLoS ONE 2015 e 0122254 2015-04-01 10 4 1 16 journal article 10.1371/journal.pone.0122254 1932-6203 PMC4382152 25830331 12802690

Table 1. Differential phenotypic characteristics of strain ZW T and closely related Sphingobacterium species.

Characteristic	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
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Temperature range (°C)	5–42	10–42	10–40	10–42	10–40	10–40	11–39	10–42	15–42
Nitrate reduction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Urease	+	-	+	+	ND	-	-	-	-
Hydrolysis of
Casein	-	-	-	-	-	-	ND	-	-
Gelatin	-	-	-	-	ND	+	-	-	ND
Tween 80	-	+	+	-	+	-	+	ND	ND
Acid production from
D-Fructose	-	+	+	-	-	-	+	ND	ND
D-mannitol	+	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-
L-Arabinose	+	+	-	+	+	-	+	-	-
Salicin	-	+	+	-	+	+	ND	ND	ND
DNA GC content (mol%)	44.85	42.3	39.0	44.2	40.2	40.6	41.0	38.7	36.6
Strains: 1, Sphingobacterium deserti sp. nov. ZW T; 2, S. composti 4M24T (data from this study); 3, S. spiritivorum JCM 1277 T (data from this study); 4, S. arenae H-12T (data from this study); 5, S. shayense HS 39T [30]; 6, S. nematocida M-SX103T [31]; 7, S. bambusae IBFC2009 T [32]; 8, S. daejeonense TR 6-04T [33]; 9, S. kyonggiense KEMC 2241 -005T [34]. +, Positive;-, negative; ND, no data available.