title: Terribacillus saccharophilus gen. nov., sp. nov. and Terribacillus halophilus sp. nov., spore-forming bacteria isolated from field soil in Japan.
abstract: Three strains, 002-048(T), RB589 and 002-051(T), isolated from field soil in Japan, were characterized using a polyphasic approach. The isolates were Gram-positive, strictly aerobic, non-motile rods that formed ellipsoidal, subterminal endospores. The chemotaxonomic characteristics of these isolates included the presence of meso-diaminopimelic acid as the cell-wall peptidoglycan, anteiso-C(15 : 0) and anteiso-C(17 : 0) as the major cellular fatty acids and MK-7 as the predominant menaquinone. The DNA G+C content was 44-46 mol%. Phylogenetic analyses based on 16S rRNA gene sequences revealed that the isolates represented an independent lineage that is distinct from related taxa and exhibited less than 94.3 % sequence similarity with respect to those taxa. Moreover, a DNA-DNA hybridization analysis showed that the three isolates represented two species. On the basis of their phenotypic and phylogenetic distinctiveness, the isolates represent two species within a novel genus, for which the names Terribacillus saccharophilus gen. nov., sp. nov. and Terribacillus halophilus sp. nov. are proposed. The type strain of T. saccharophilus is 002-048(T) (=IAM 15309(T)=KCTC 13936(T)) and the type strain of T. halophilus is 002-051(T) (=IAM 15310(T)=KCTC 13937(T)).
authors.affiliation: Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, The University of Tokyo, Yayoi, 1-1-1, Bunkyo-Ku, Tokyo 113-0032, Japan.
authors.forename: Sun-Young
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: An
authors.affiliation: Microbiological and Analytical Group, Food Research Laboratories, Mitsui Norin Co. Ltd, 223-1, Miyahara, Fujieda, Shizuoka 426-0133, Japan.
authors.forename: Mika
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Asahara
authors.affiliation: Microbiological and Analytical Group, Food Research Laboratories, Mitsui Norin Co. Ltd, 223-1, Miyahara, Fujieda, Shizuoka 426-0133, Japan.
authors.forename: Keiichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Goto
authors.affiliation: Marine Biotechnology Institute Co. Ltd, 3-75-1, Heita, Kamaishi, Iwate 026-0001, Japan.
authors.forename: Hiroaki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kasai
authors.affiliation: Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, The University of Tokyo, Yayoi, 1-1-1, Bunkyo-Ku, Tokyo 113-0032, Japan.
authors.forename: Akira
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yokota
mesh_terms: D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000032:analysis; D020459:Genes, rRNA; D016937:Gram-Positive Endospore-Forming Rods / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000502:physiology; D007564:Japan; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010641:Phenotype; D010802:Phylogeny; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D012988:Soil Microbiology; D013171:Spores, Bacterial / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S