title: Ureibacillus gen. nov., a new genus to accommodate Bacillus thermosphaericus (Andersson et al. 1995), emendation of Ureibacillus thermosphaericus and description of Ureibacillus terrenus sp. nov.
abstract: A polyphasic taxonomic study was performed on the type strain of Bacillus thermosphaericus DSM 10633T and three related soil isolates. On the basis of phenotypic characteristics, chemotaxonomic profiles and phylogenetic data a new genus, Ureibacillus gen. nov., is proposed for the strains in the Bacillus thermosphaericus cluster. Strains of this cluster fall into two DNA-DNA similarity groups: while one group contains the type strain of Ureibacillus thermosphaericus comb. nov. and a single soil isolate, the other contains two soil isolates. The two groups differed in the composition of isoprenoid quinones and some phenotypic properties. These data support the description of a novel species of Ureibacillus for which the name Ureibacillus terrenus is proposed. The type strain of this new species is TH9AT (= DSM 12654T = LMG 19470T).
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Fortina
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pukall
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Schumann
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mora
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Parini
authors.forename: P L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Manachini
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Stackebrandt
mesh_terms: D001407:Bacillus / Q000145:classification* / Q000166:cytology; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D001482:Base Composition; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000032:analysis; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010641:Phenotype; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D012988:Soil Microbiology; D009626:Terminology as Topic; D014812:Vitamin K / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D005227:Fatty Acids; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; D014812:Vitamin K