title: Bacillus funiculus sp. nov., novel filamentous isolates from activated sludge.
abstract: A novel filamentous Bacillus strain, NAF001T, was reported previously that produces endospores and spore-like resting cells; the latter outgrow by budding. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rDNA gene sequences reported in the same paper speculated on the proposal of a novel species for this isolate. This communication describes the DNA-DNA relatedness of strain NAF001T to various members of the genus Bacillus and its whole-cell fatty acid and quinone profiles, in order to authenticate the creation of a novel species, for which the name Bacillus funiculus sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is NAF001T (= JCM 11201T = CIP 107128T). Further, features of the binding points between filaments of strain NAF001T that enable it to form extremely long filaments are captured by electron microscopy.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Ecological and Toxicological Chemistry, Faculty of Agriculture, Shinshu University, Kamiina, Nagano, Japan.
authors.forename: Vasudevan P
authors.initials: VP
authors.lastname: Ajithkumar
authors.forename: Bindu
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ajithkumar
authors.forename: Ryozo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Iriye
authors.forename: Tadashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sakai
mesh_terms: D001407:Bacillus / Q000737:chemistry / Q000145:classification* / Q000254:growth & development / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000032:analysis; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D011809:Quinones / Q000032:analysis; D012722:Sewage / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: D005227:Fatty Acids; D011809:Quinones; D012722:Sewage