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Bacillus chungangensis sp. nov., a novel halophilic species isolated from sea sand in Jeju island, Korea

Chung-Ang University College of Medicine, 221 Heukseok-dong, Dongjak-gu, Seoul 156

¹ E-mail: kimwy{at}cau.ac.kr

The taxonomic position of a gram-positive, endospore-forming, halophilic designated strain CAU 348T, isolated from sea sand was investigated using a polyphasic approach. Colony morphology, biochemical tests and chemotaxonomic investigations revealed that strain CAU 348T had the characteristics of the genus Bacillus. Comparative 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis showed that the organism formed a hitherto unknown subline within the genus Bacillus. Sequence divergence values of more than 4.3% from other described Bacillus species, together with phenotypic differences, showed that the unidentified bacterium represents a previously unrecognized member of this genus. The genotypic and phenotypic data indicated that strain CAU 348T represents a novel species of the genus Bacillus, for which the name Bacillus chungangensis sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is CAU 348T (KCTC= 13566T, CCUG=57835T).