title: Exiguobacterium enclense sp. nov., isolated from sediment.
abstract: A Gram-stain-positive bacterium, designated strain NIO-1109(T), was isolated from a marine sediment sample from Chorao Island, Goa, India. Phenotypic and chemotaxonomic characteristics and data from phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences indicated that strain NIO-1109(T) was related to the genus Exiguobacterium . Strain NIO-1109(T) exhibited >98.0% 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity with respect to Exiguobacterium indicum HHS 31(T) (99.5%) and Exiguobacterium acetylicum NCIMB 9889(T) (99.1%); the type strains of other species showed <98% similarity. Levels of DNA-DNA relatedness between strain NIO-1109(T) and E. acetylicum DSM 20416(T) and E. indicum LMG 23471(T) were less than 70% (33.0 ± 2.0 and 37 ± 3.2%, respectively). Strain NIO-1109(T) also differed from these two closely related species in a number of phenotypic traits. Based on phenotypic, chemotaxonomic and phylogenetic data, strain NIO-1109(T) is considered to represent a novel species of the genus Exiguobacterium , for which the name Exiguobacterium enclense sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is NIO-1109(T) ( =NCIM 5457(T) =DSM 25128(T)  = CCTCC AB 2011124(T)).
authors.affiliation: NCIM-Resource Center, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune-411008, Maharashtra, India.
authors.forename: Syed G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Dastager
authors.affiliation: NCIM-Resource Center, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune-411008, Maharashtra, India.
authors.forename: Rahul
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mawlankar
authors.affiliation: NCIM-Resource Center, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune-411008, Maharashtra, India.
authors.forename: Vidya V
authors.initials: VV
authors.lastname: Sonalkar
authors.affiliation: NCIM-Resource Center, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune-411008, Maharashtra, India.
authors.forename: Meghana N
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Thorat
authors.affiliation: Microbial Type Culture Collection and Gene Bank (MTCC), CSIR-Institute of Microbial Technology, Sector-39A, Chandigarh-160036, India.
authors.forename: Poonam
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mual
authors.affiliation: Microbial Type Culture Collection and Gene Bank (MTCC), CSIR-Institute of Microbial Technology, Sector-39A, Chandigarh-160036, India.
authors.forename: Ashish
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Verma
authors.affiliation: Microbial Type Culture Collection and Gene Bank (MTCC), CSIR-Institute of Microbial Technology, Sector-39A, Chandigarh-160036, India.
authors.forename: Srinivasan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Krishnamurthi
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Microbial Diversity in Southwest China, Ministry of Education and Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-resources, Yunnan Institute of Microbiology, Yunnan University, Kunming, Yunnan, 650091, PR China.
authors.forename: Shan-Kun
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Microbial Diversity in Southwest China, Ministry of Education and Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-resources, Yunnan Institute of Microbiology, Yunnan University, Kunming, Yunnan, 650091, PR China.
authors.forename: Wen-Jun
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D001406:Bacillaceae / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D001482:Base Composition; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000737:chemistry; D019015:Geologic Sediments / Q000382:microbiology*; D007194:India; D062312:Islands; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D010457:Peptidoglycan / Q000737:chemistry; D010641:Phenotype; D010743:Phospholipids / Q000737:chemistry; D010802:Phylogeny; D010858:Pigmentation; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D012623:Seawater / Q000382:microbiology*; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D024482:Vitamin K 2 / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D005227:Fatty Acids; D010457:Peptidoglycan; D010743:Phospholipids; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; D024482:Vitamin K 2; C062629:menaquinone 7