Bacillus salitolerans sp. nov., a novel bacterium isolated from a salt mine in Xinjiang province, China

Radiobacillus kanasensis sp. nov., a halotolerant bacterium isolated from woodland soil

A novel Gram-positive, aerobic, rod-shaped, non-motile, endospore-forming salt-tolerant bacterium strain (80^T), was isolated from woodland soil collected near Kanas lake in the Altay region of Xinjiang, PR China. The strain grew at 15-45 °C, pH6.0-9.0 and with 0-14 % (w/v) NaCl. The complete genome size of the novel strain was 4 031 766 bp including a circle chromosome and a circle plasmid. The genomic DNA G+C content was 38.99 mol %. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequence and genome showed that strain 80^T has the highest similarity to Radiobacillus deserti TKL69^T. However, the novel strain showed an average nucleotide identity value of 78.65 % (lower than 95 %) and a digital DNA-DNA hybridization value of 22.30 % with R. deserti TKL69^T based on the genome sequences. The major fatty acids were anteiso-C_15 : 0, iso-C_15 : 0, anteiso-C_17:0 and C_16 : 1 ω7c alcohol. The only respiratory quinone was MK-7. The cell wall peptidoglycan was meso-diaminopimelic acid. Diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylglycerol, one unidentified phospholipid, one unidentified aminophospholipid and two unidentified glycolipids were identified as the major polar lipids. The phylogenetic, phenotypic and chemotaxonomic analyses showed that strain 80^T represents a novel species of the genus Radiobacillus and the name Radiobacillus kanasensis sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is 80^T (=GDMCC 1.2844^T=JCM 35077^T).

Bacillus pinisoli sp. nov., Isolated from Soil of a Decayed Pine Tree

A Gram-stain-positive, rod-shaped, facultatively anaerobic, motile and spore-forming bacterium with multiple flagella designated GXH0341^T was isolated from the soil associated with decayed pine tree samples collected from Weizhou Island, Beihai, Guangxi, China. Growth occurred at 4-37 °C (optimum 30 °C), at pH 5.0-11.0 (optimum 8.0) and in the presence of 0-7% (w/v) NaCl (optimum 2%). Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences indicated that strain GXH0341^T was most closely related to Bacillus mesophilus DSM 101000 ^T (98.9%), followed by Bacillus salitolerans KC1^T (96.95%) and Margalitia shackletonii DSM 18435 ^T (96.67%). Phylogenetic analysis revealed that strain GXH0341^T represented a separate lineage within the genus Bacillus. Peroxidase is positive. The predominant quinone was MK-7 and the cell-wall diagnostic diamino acid was meso-diaminopimelic acid. The predominant polar lipids are diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylcholine, and two unidentified phospholipids. The major fatty acids are iso-C_14:0, iso-C_15:0, anteiso-C_15:0 and iso-C_16:0. The genome of GXH0341^T comprises the biosynthetic gene cluster for T3PKS, terpene, lassopeptide and RRE-containing element as secondary metabolites. The average nucleotide identity values and the digital DNA-DNA hybridization values between GXH0341^T and B. mesophilus DSM 101000 ^T were 78.22% and 21.00%, respectively, which were in the range of the recommended level for interspecies identity. The results of phenotypic, chemotaxonomic and genotypic analyses clearly indicated strain GXH0341^T represents a novel species of the genus Bacillus, for which the name Bacillus pinisoli sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is GXH0341^T (= MCCC 1K07157^T = JCM 35212 ^T).

List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published

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