title: Phylogenetic characterization of a novel salt-tolerant Bacillus species: description of Bacillus dipsosauri sp. nov.
abstract: The taxonomic position of a novel halophilic endospore-forming bacterium previously isolated from a desert iguana was investigated by 16S rRNA gene sequencing. Comparative sequence analyses showed the unidentified bacterium to be phylogenetically loosely associated with some other spore-forming (Bacillus pantothenticus, Sporosarcina halophila) and non-spore-forming (Marinococcus albus) halotolerant bacteria. Based on the phenotypic and phylogenetic distinctiveness of the unidentified bacterium, it is proposed that it is classified in the genus Bacillus as a new species, Bacillus dipsosauri.
authors.affiliation: BBSRC Institute of Food Research, Reading Laboratory, UK.
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Lawson
authors.forename: C E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Deutch
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Collins
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001407:Bacillus / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D001483:Base Sequence; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D007076:Iguanas / Q000382:microbiology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D012329:RNA, Bacterial; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; D012492:Salts / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D012329:RNA, Bacterial; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; D012492:Salts