title: Bacillus chagannorensis sp. nov., a moderate halophile from a soda lake in Inner Mongolia, China.
abstract: A Gram-positive, moderately halophilic, spore-forming bacterium, designated strain CG-15(T), was isolated from a soda lake, Lake Chagannor, in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China. The cells were found to be motile short rods with ellipsoidal, terminal and deforming endospores. Strain CG-15(T), a facultatively anaerobic bacterium, grew at pH 5.8-11.0 (optimally at pH 8.5), at 6-40 degrees C (optimally at 37 degrees C) and at salinities of 3-20 % (w/v) total salts (optimally at 7 % w/v). On the basis of the results of 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis, strain CG-15(T) was shown to belong to the genus Bacillus (phylum Firmicutes), showing the greatest phylogenetic similarity with respect to Bacillus saliphilus (96.0 %). The DNA G+C content of the novel isolate was found to be 53.8 mol%. The major cellular fatty acids of strain CG-15(T) were anteiso-C(15 : 0), iso-C(15 : 0) and anteiso-C(17 : 0), and its polar lipids consisted of diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylethanolamine and three different unidentified phospholipids. The analysis of the quinones showed that MK-7 was the major menaquinone. The peptidoglycan type was A1gamma, with meso-diaminopimelic acid as the diagnostic diamino acid. On the basis of the data from this polyphasic study, strain CG-15(T) represents a novel species of the genus Bacillus, for which the name Bacillus chagannorensis sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is CG-15(T) (=CCM 7371(T)=CECT 7153(T)=CGMCC 1.6292(T)=DSM 18086(T)).
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Sevilla, 41012 Sevilla, Spain.
authors.forename: I J
authors.initials: IJ
authors.lastname: Carrasco
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Sevilla, 41012 Sevilla, Spain.
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Márquez
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Xue
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.affiliation: Department of Biotechnology, University of the Western Cape, Bellville 7535, Cape Town, South Africa.
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Cowan
authors.affiliation: Genencor International BV, 2333 CN Leiden, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: B E
authors.initials: BE
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.affiliation: Department of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, University of Leicester, Leicester LE1 9HN, UK.
authors.forename: W D
authors.initials: WD
authors.lastname: Grant
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Sevilla, 41012 Sevilla, Spain.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ventosa
mesh_terms: D000693:Anaerobiosis / Q000502:physiology; D001407:Bacillus / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000502:physiology; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D001482:Base Composition; D002681:China; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D003960:Diaminopimelic Acid / Q000032:analysis; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000032:analysis; D020459:Genes, rRNA; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D008124:Locomotion / Q000502:physiology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010457:Peptidoglycan / Q000737:chemistry; D010743:Phospholipids / Q000032:analysis; D010802:Phylogeny; D011809:Quinones / Q000032:analysis; D012329:RNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D013171:Spores, Bacterial / Q000166:cytology; D013696:Temperature; D014871:Water Microbiology
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D005227:Fatty Acids; D010457:Peptidoglycan; D010743:Phospholipids; D011809:Quinones; D012329:RNA, Bacterial; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; D003960:Diaminopimelic Acid