A Gram-negative, non-motile, aerobic, catalase-, and oxidasepositive
bacterial strain, designated DCY117T, was isolated
from ginseng cultivated soil in Gochang-gun, Republic of
Korea, and was characterized taxonomically using a multifaceted
approach. 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis revealed
that strain DCY117T showed highest similarity to Lysobacter
ruishenii CTN-1T (95.3%). Phylogenetic analysis revealed
that closely related relatives of strain DCY117T were L. aestuarii
S2-CT (95.1%), L. daejeonensis GH1-9T (95.0%), and
L. caeni BUT-8T (94.9%). Diphosphatidylglycerol (DPG),
phosphatidylglycerol (PG), and phosphatidylethanolamine
(PE) were the major polar lipids of strain DCY117T. The major
isoprenoid quinone was Q-8. The major cellular fatty
acids of strain DCY117T were iso-C15:0, iso-C16:0, and summed
feature 9 (comprising iso-C17:1 ω9c and/or 10-methyl-C16:0).
Genomic DNA G + C content was 61.8 mol%. On the basis of
our findings, strain DCY117T is a novel species in the genus
Lysobacter. We propose the name Lysobacter panacihumi sp.
nov., and the type strain is DCY117T (= KCTC 62019T = JCM
32168T).