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
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.