title: Psychrobacillus gen. nov. and proposal for reclassification of Bacillus insolitus Larkin & Stokes, 1967, B. psychrotolerans Abd-El Rahman et al., 2002 and B. psychrodurans Abd-El Rahman et al., 2002 as Psychrobacillus insolitus comb. nov., Psychrobacillus psychrotolerans comb. nov. and Psychrobacillus psychrodurans comb. nov.
abstract: The taxonomic status of three Bacillus species, Bacillus insolitus, B. psychrodurans and B. psychrotolerans was reexamined using a polyphasic approach. In our analysis, these three Bacillus species formed a cluster separate from other members of Bacillus rRNA group 2 [5] and from Bacillus sensu stricto. These three species shared high 16S rRNA gene sequence similarities between them (97.8-99.7%) and showed closest sequence similarity (95.3-96.3%) to Paenisporosarcina quisquiliarum gen. nov., sp. nov. [18]. Sequence similarities with other related genera ranged between 90.9% and 94.5%. Phylogenetic coherence of the three species was supported by phenotypic characteristics, such as growth at low temperatures, negative oxidation and assimilation of many carbohydrates, MK8 as the major isoprenoid quinine and broadly similar polar lipid profiles. All three species had a similar peptidoglycan type of the variation A4β and similar genomic G+C contents (35.7-36.6 mol% [1]). Genomic relatedness among them was shown to be less than 70% and justified their separate species status [1]. These three species could be differentiated from each other and from related taxa on the basis of phenotypic, including chemotaxonomic, characteristics and ribotype patterns. On the basis of our analysis, we propose a new genus Psychrobacillus gen. nov. and to transfer B. insolitus, B. psychrodurans and B. psychrotolerans to the new genus as Psychrobacillus insolitus comb. nov. (type species of the genus; type strain W16B(T)=DSM 5(T)), P. psychrodurans comb. nov. (type strain 68E3(T)=DSM 11713(T)) and P. psychrotolerans comb. nov. (type strain 3H1(T)=DSM 11706(T)).
authors.affiliation: Microbial Type Culture Collection & Gene Bank (MTCC), Institute of Microbial Technology, Sector 39A, Chandigarh 160 036, India.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Krishnamurthi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ruckmani
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pukall
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Chakrabarti
mesh_terms: D001407:Bacillus / Q000145:classification* / Q000166:cytology / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D001482:Base Composition; D001483:Base Sequence; D002241:Carbohydrates / Q000737:chemistry; D002633:Chemotaxis; D003080:Cold Temperature; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D016937:Gram-Positive Endospore-Forming Rods / Q000145:classification / Q000166:cytology / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D008055:Lipids / Q000737:chemistry; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010457:Peptidoglycan / Q000737:chemistry; D010641:Phenotype; D010802:Phylogeny; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D017423:Sequence Analysis, RNA; D013045:Species Specificity; D013729:Terpenes / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D002241:Carbohydrates; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D008055:Lipids; D010457:Peptidoglycan; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; D013729:Terpenes