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Bacillus litoralis sp. nov., isolated from a tidal flat of the Yellow Sea in Korea

Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB), PO Box 115, Yusong, Taejon, South Korea

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Jung-Hoon Yoon
jhyoon{at}kribb.re.kr

A Gram-variable, motile, endospore-forming, slightly halophilic bacterial strain, designated SW-211^T, was isolated from a tidal flat of the Yellow Sea in Korea, and was characterized taxonomically by using a polyphasic approach. The organism grew optimally at 37 °C and in the presence of 2–3 % NaCl. Comparative 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis showed that strain SW-211^T forms a distinct phylogenetic lineage within the radiation of the cluster comprising Bacillus species. Strain SW-211^T had cell-wall peptidoglycan based on meso-diaminopimelic acid. The predominant menaquinone was MK-7 and the major fatty acids were anteiso-C_{15 : 0} (34·8 %), iso-C_{15 : 0} (15·6 %), iso-C_{16 : 0} (12·5 %) and iso-C_{14 : 0} (10·0 %). The DNA G+C content was 35·2 mol%. Strain SW-211^T exhibited levels of 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity of <96·2 % with respect to the type strains of recognized Bacillus species. On the basis of its phenotypic properties and phylogenetic distinctiveness, strain SW-211^T (=KCTC 3898^T=DSM 16303^T) was classified in the genus Bacillus as the type strain of a novel species, for which the name Bacillus litoralis sp. nov. is proposed.

The GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of strain SW-211^T is AY608605.

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