title: Bacillus velezensis is a later heterotypic synonym of Bacillus amyloliquefaciens.
abstract: Strain BCRC 14193, isolated from soil, shared more than 99 % 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity with Bacillus amyloliquefaciens BCRC 11601(T) and Bacillus velezensis BCRC 17467(T). This strain was previously identified as B. amyloliquefaciens, based on DNA-DNA hybridization, but its DNA relatedness value with B. velezensis BCRC 17467(T) was 89 %. To investigate the relatedness of strain BCRC 14193, B. amyloliquefaciens and B. velezensis, the partial sequence of the gene encoding the subunit B protein of DNA gyrase (gyrB) was determined. B. velezensis BCRC 17467(T) shared high gyrB gene sequence similarity with B. amyloliquefaciens BCRC 14193 (98.4 %) and all of the B. amyloliquefaciens strains available (95.5-95.6 %). DNA-DNA hybridization experiments revealed high relatedness values between B. velezensis BCRC 17467(T) and B. amyloliquefaciens BCRC 11601(T) (74 %) and the B. amyloliquefaciens reference strains (74-89 %). Based on these data and the lack of phenotypic distinctive characteristics, we propose Bacillus velezensis as a later heterotypic synonym of Bacillus amyloliquefaciens.
authors.affiliation: Bioresource Collection and Research Center, Food Industry Research and Development Institute, PO Box 246, Hsinchu 30099, Taiwan, ROC.
authors.forename: Li-Ting
authors.initials: LT
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Fwu-Ling
authors.initials: FL
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Chun-Ju
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Tai
authors.forename: Hsiao-Ping
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Kuo
mesh_terms: D001407:Bacillus / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D027081:DNA Gyrase / Q000235:genetics*; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000032:analysis; D020459:Genes, rRNA; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D010802:Phylogeny; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D012988:Soil Microbiology
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; D027081:DNA Gyrase