title: Bacillus nanhaiensis sp. nov., isolated from an oyster.
abstract: A novel Gram-stain-positive, slightly halophilic, facultatively alkaliphilic, catalase-positive, oxidase-negative, endospore-forming, motile, rod-shaped, aerobic bacterium, designated strain JSM 082006(T), was isolated from an oyster collected from Naozhou Island in the South China Sea. The isolate grew in 0-18 % (w/v) NaCl (optimum, 0.5-4.0 %), at pH 6.0-10.5 (optimum, pH 8.0) and at 15-45 °C (optimum, 30 °C). meso-Diaminopimelic acid was present in the cell-wall peptidoglycan. The major cellular fatty acids were anteiso-C(15 : 0), iso-C(15 : 0) and C(16 : 0). Strain JSM 082006(T) contained MK-7 as the predominant respiratory quinone and diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylglycerol and phosphatidylethanolamine as the major polar lipids. The genomic DNA G+C content was 40.2 mol%. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequence comparisons revealed that strain JSM 082006(T) should be assigned to the genus Bacillus and that it was most closely related to the type strains of Bacillus barbaricus (sequence similarity 99.1 %) and Bacillus arsenicus (97.5 %), followed by those of Bacillus rigui (96.6 %) and Bacillus solisalsi (96.1 %). Phylogenetic analysis, DNA-DNA relatedness values, phenotypic characteristics and chemotaxonomic data support the view that strain JSM 082006(T) represents a novel species of the genus Bacillus, for which the name Bacillus nanhaiensis sp. nov. is proposed; the type strain is JSM 082006(T) ( = DSM 23009(T)  = KCTC 13712(T)).
authors.affiliation: The Key Laboratory for Microbial Resources of the Ministry of Education, PR China, and Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources, Yunnan Institute of Microbiology, Yunnan University, Kunming 650091, PR China.|College of Biology and Environmental Sciences, Jishou University, Jishou 416000, PR China.
authors.forename: Yi-Guang
authors.initials: YG
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: College of Biology and Environmental Sciences, Jishou University, Jishou 416000, PR China.
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Institute of Medicinal Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100050, PR China.
authors.forename: Yu-Qin
authors.initials: YQ
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: College of Biology and Environmental Sciences, Jishou University, Jishou 416000, PR China.
authors.forename: Jian-Wu
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: He
authors.affiliation: Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen, D-38124 Braunschweig, Germany.
authors.forename: Hans-Peter
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Klenk
authors.affiliation: The Key Laboratory for Microbial Resources of the Ministry of Education, PR China, and Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources, Yunnan Institute of Microbiology, Yunnan University, Kunming 650091, PR China.
authors.forename: Shu-Kun
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.affiliation: College of Biology and Environmental Sciences, Jishou University, Jishou 416000, PR China.
authors.forename: You-Xiang
authors.initials: YX
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Guangdong Key Laboratory of Marine Materia Medica, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510301, PR China.|The Key Laboratory for Microbial Resources of the Ministry of Education, PR China, and Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources, Yunnan Institute of Microbiology, Yunnan University, Kunming 650091, PR China.
authors.forename: Wen-Jun
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D000332:Aerobiosis; D000468:Alkalies / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D001407:Bacillus / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000502:physiology; D001482:Base Composition; D002374:Catalase / Q000378:metabolism; D002473:Cell Wall / Q000737:chemistry; D002681:China; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D003960:Diaminopimelic Acid / Q000032:analysis; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000032:analysis; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D010125:Ostreidae / Q000382:microbiology*; D010088:Oxidoreductases / Q000378:metabolism; D010457:Peptidoglycan / Q000737:chemistry; D010743:Phospholipids / Q000032:analysis; D010802:Phylogeny; D011809:Quinones / Q000032:analysis; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D012965:Sodium Chloride / Q000378:metabolism; D013171:Spores, Bacterial / Q000166:cytology; D013696:Temperature
chemical_list: D000468:Alkalies; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D005227:Fatty Acids; D010457:Peptidoglycan; D010743:Phospholipids; D011809:Quinones; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; D012965:Sodium Chloride; D003960:Diaminopimelic Acid; D010088:Oxidoreductases; D002374:Catalase