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Halobacillus faecis sp. nov., a spore-forming bacterium isolated from a mangrove area on Ishigaki Island, Japan

¹ Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, University of Tokyo, Yayoi, 1-1-1 Bunkyo-Ku, Tokyo 113-0032, Japan
² Marine Biotechnology Co. Ltd, 3-75-1 Heita, Kamaishi, Iwate 026-0001, Japan
³ Microbiological and Analytical Group, Food Research Laboratories, Mitsui Norin Co. Ltd, 223-1 Miyahara, Fujieda, Shizuoka 426-0133, Japan

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Sun-Young An
an12su{at}hotmail.com

A Gram-positive, spore-forming, rod-shaped halophilic bacterial strain, IGA7-4^T, was isolated from a mangrove area on Ishigaki Island (Japan), and was characterized taxonomically using a polyphasic approach. Strain IGA7-4^T was strictly aerobic and non-motile and formed central endospores. Phylogenetic analyses based on 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that strain IGA7-4^T is affiliated to the genus Halobacillus, and exhibits sequence similarities of 99.6–98.0 % to the type strains of Halobacillus species. Levels of DNA–DNA relatedness between strain IGA7-4^T and the type strains of Halobacillus species were 9.5–46.6 %. The DNA G+C content of strain IGA7-4^T was 46.5 mol%. The cell-wall peptidoglycan type (Orn–Asp), major cellular fatty acids (anteiso-C_{15 : 0}, anteiso-C_{17 : 0}, iso-C_{15 : 0} and iso-C_{16 : 0}) and quinone type (MK-7) of the isolate support its affiliation to the genus Halobacillus. On the basis of phylogenetic analysis, phenotypic characteristics and chemotaxonomic data, the isolate represents a novel species of the genus Halobacillus, for which the name Halobacillus faecis sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is IGA7-4^T (=MBIC08268^T=IAM 15427^T=KCTC 13121^T).

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