title: Bacillus curdlanolyticus sp. nov. and Bacillus kobensis sp. nov., which hydrolyze resistant curdlan.
abstract: Taxonomic characteristics of seven bacterial strains which were isolated from soil and hydrolyze resistant curdlan were studied. These bacteria were aerobic, spore-forming rods, contained menaquinone 7 as a major quinone, contained anteiso-C15:0 and iso-C16:0 as major cellular fatty acids, had guanine-plus-cytosine contents of 50 to 52 mol%, and could be divided into two groups on the basis of physiological and chemotaxonomic characteristics and DNA-DNA hybridization data. We propose the following two new species: Bacillus curdlanolyticus for strains YK9, YK121, YK161, YK201, and YK203, with type strain YK9 (= IFO 15724); and Bacillus kobensis for strains YK205 and YK207, with type strain YK205 (= IFO 15729).
authors.affiliation: Kobe Women's University, Suma, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kanzawa
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Harada
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Takeuchi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yokota
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Harada
mesh_terms: D000332:Aerobiosis; D001407:Bacillus / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000737:chemistry; D001482:Base Composition; D050260:Carbohydrate Metabolism; D003470:Culture Media; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000737:chemistry; D005936:Glucans / Q000378:metabolism*; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D011135:Polysaccharides, Bacterial / Q000378:metabolism*; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D012988:Soil Microbiology; D013170:Spores; D047071:beta-Glucans
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D003470:Culture Media; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D005227:Fatty Acids; D005936:Glucans; D011135:Polysaccharides, Bacterial; D047071:beta-Glucans; C038459:curdlan