An isolate, designated CFH 74404T, was recovered from a hot spring in Tengchong, Yunnan province, PR China. Phylogenetic analysis indicated that the isolate belongs to the family
Thermomicrobiaceae
and showed the highest 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity to
Thermorudis peleae
KI4T (93.6 %),
Thermorudis pharmacophila
WKT50.2T (93.1 %),
Thermomicrobium roseum
DSM 5159T (92.0 %) and
Thermomicrobium carboxidum
KI3T (91.7 %). The average amino acid identity and average nucleotide identity values between strain CFH 74404T and the closest relatives were 42.0–75.9 % and 67.0–77.3 %, respectively. Cells of strain CFH 74404T stained Gram-positive and were aerobic, non-motile and short rod-shaped. Growth occurred at 20–65 °C (optimum, 55 °C), pH 6.0–8.0 (optimum, pH 7.0) and with up to 2.0 % (w/v) NaCl (optimum 0–1.0 %, w/v). The predominant respiratory quinone was MK-8. The major fatty acids (>10 %) were C18 : 0 (50.8 %) and C20 : 0 (16.8 %). The polar lipid profile of strain CFH 74404T included diphosphatidylglycerol, four unidentified phosphoglycolipids, phosphatidylinositol and three unidentified glycolipids. The G+C content of the genomic DNA was determined to be 67.1 mol% based on the draft genome sequence. On the basis of phenotypic, phylogenetic and genotypic analyses, it is concluded that strain CFH 74404T represents a new species of a novel genus Thermalbibacter of the family
Thermomicrobiaceae
, for which the name Thermalbibacter longus gen. nov., sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is CFH 74404T (=KCTC 62930T=CGMCC 1.61585T).
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