A Gram-stain-positive, heterotrophic, non-spore-forming, rod-shaped strain, designated OAct353 T , belonging to the genus Agromyces was isolated from a soil sample collected from a coastal wetland of the Yellow River delta, PR China. The strain was identified using a polyphasic taxonomic approach. The strain grew in the presence of 0-10 % (w/v) NaCl (optimum 2-3 %), at pH 5.0-8.0 (optimum pH 7.0) and 12-36 C (optimum 28 C). The isolate contained 2,4-diaminobutyric acid, glutamic acid and glycine in its peptidoglycan. The acyl type of the cell-wall muramic acid was N-acetyl. The whole-cell sugars of this novel strain were glucose, xylose and rhamnose. The predominant menaquinones were MK-12 (74 %) and MK-11 (21 %). The major phospholipids were phosphatidylglycerol, one unknown phospholipid, three unknown glycolipids and three unknown polar lipids. The major fatty acids were iso-C 16:0 , anteiso-C 15:0 and anteiso-C 17:0 . The DNA G+C content was 69.6 mol %. DNA-DNA relatedness clearly separated strain OAct353 T from its closest relatives. On the basis of phenotypic, phylogenetic and chemotaxonomic data, a novel species, Agromyces binzhouensis sp. nov., is proposed. The type strain is OAct353 T (=CGMCC4.7180 T =DSM 28305 T =NRRL B-59115 T ).