title: Virgibacillus chiguensis sp. nov., a novel halophilic bacterium isolated from Chigu, a previously commercial saltern located in southern Taiwan.
abstract: A Gram-positive, motile, endospore-forming, irregular rod-shaped (0.7-0.9 x 2.5-5.0 microm), halophilic bacterial strain, NTU-101(T), was isolated from Chigu saltern in southern Taiwan, previously used as a salt production field. The isolate was characterized taxonomically based on biochemical and molecular approaches. It grows optimally at 40 degrees C and in the presence of 5-10 % NaCl. Strain NTU-101(T) has cell-wall peptidoglycan based on meso-diaminopimelic acid and MK-7 as the predominant menaquinone. Major polar lipids are phosphatidylglycerol, diphosphatidylglycerol and phosphatidylethanolamine. Anteiso-C(15 : 0), iso-C(15 : 0) and anteiso-C(17 : 0) are the major fatty acids. The DNA G+C content was 37.3 mol%. Phylogenetic analyses based on 16S rRNA gene sequences showed its affiliation to the genus Virgibacillus. DNA-DNA relatedness values between strain NTU-101(T) and Virgibacillus dokdonensis and Virgibacillus pantothenticus were 17.5 and 21.5 %, respectively. Based on the phenotypic and phylogenetic properties, strain NTU-101(T) (=BCRC 17637(T)=CGMCC 1.6496(T)) was classified as a novel strain of Virgibacillus species, for which the name Virgibacillus chiguensis sp. nov. is proposed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Horticulture, National Taiwan University, 140 Keelung Road Section 4, Taipei 106, Taiwan, ROC.
authors.forename: Chung-Yi
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Chen-Chin
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: Chang Chai
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Ng
authors.forename: Tseng-Wei
authors.initials: TW
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Yuan-Tay
authors.initials: YT
authors.lastname: Shyu
mesh_terms: D001406:Bacillaceae / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D001482:Base Composition; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D020459:Genes, rRNA; D019015:Geologic Sediments / Q000382:microbiology*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D010641:Phenotype; D010802:Phylogeny; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D012965:Sodium Chloride; D012988:Soil Microbiology; D013045:Species Specificity; D013624:Taiwan
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; D012965:Sodium Chloride