PHYLOGENETIC CHARACTERIZATION OF A NOVEL SALT-TOLERANT BACILLUS SPECIES - DESCRIPTION OF BACILLUS-DIPSOSAURI SP-NOV

Authors
LAWSON PA DEUTCH CE COLLINS MD
Citation
Pa. Lawson et al., PHYLOGENETIC CHARACTERIZATION OF A NOVEL SALT-TOLERANT BACILLUS SPECIES - DESCRIPTION OF BACILLUS-DIPSOSAURI SP-NOV, Journal of Applied Bacteriology, 81(1), 1996, pp. 109-112
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology,"Biothechnology & Applied Migrobiology
Journal title
Journal of Applied Bacteriology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00218847
Volume
81
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
109 - 112
Database
ISI
SICI code
0021-8847(1996)81:1<109:PCOANS>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
The taxonomic position of a novel halophilic endospore-forming bacteri um previously isolated from a desert iguana was investigated by 16S rR NA gene sequencing. Comparative sequence analyses showed the unidentif ied bacterium to be phylogenetically loosely associated with some othe r spore-forming (Bacillus pantothenticus, Sporosarcina halophila) and non-spore-forming (Marinococcus albus) halotolerant bacteria. Based on the phenotypic and phylogenetic distinctiveness of the unidentified b acterium, it is proposed that it is classified in the genus Bacillus a s a new species, Bacillus dipsosauri.