title: Bacillus taiwanensis sp. nov., isolated from a soil sample from Taiwan.
abstract: A Gram-stain-positive, rod-shaped, endospore-forming, aerobic bacterium (FJAT-14571(T)) was isolated from a soil sample in Taiwan. Strain FJAT-14571(T) grew at 20-40 °C (optimum 35 °C), pH 6-10 (optimum pH 8) and 0-2% (w/v) NaCl (optimum 0%). Phylogenetic analyses based on 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that strain FJAT-14571(T) was a member of the genus Bacillus and was most closely related to Bacillus oceanisediminis DSM 24771(T) (96.2%). DNA-DNA relatedness between strain FJAT-14571(T) and B. oceanisediminis DSM 24771(T) was low (32.0% ± 0.88%). The diagnostic diamino acid of the peptidoglycan of strain FJAT-14571(T) was meso-diaminopimelic acid and the predominant menaquinone was MK-7 (96.6%). The major cellular fatty acids were iso-C15 : 0 (46.4%), anteiso-C15 : 0 (7.6%), iso-C17 : 0 (8.2%) and iso-C16 : 0 (10.0 %) and the DNA G+C content was 40.8 mol%. Phenotypic, chemotaxonomic and genotypic properties clearly indicated that strain FJAT-14571(T) represents a novel species within the genus Bacillus, for which the name Bacillus taiwanensis sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is FJAT-14571(T) ( = DSM 27845(T) = CGMCC1.1 2698(T)).
authors.affiliation: Agricultural Bio-resource Institute, Fujian Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350003, PR China.
authors.forename: Bo
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Agricultural Bio-resource Institute, Fujian Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350003, PR China.
authors.forename: Guo-Hong
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Institute of Crop Sciences and Resource Conservation, University of Bonn, Meckenheimer Allee 166A D-53115 Bonn, Germany.
authors.forename: Cetin
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sengonca
authors.affiliation: Leibniz Institute DSMZ-German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures, Inhoffenstraße7B, 38124 Braunschweig, Germany.
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Schumann
authors.affiliation: Department of Agricultural Chemistry, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan, ROC.
authors.forename: Ming-Kuang
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Agricultural Bio-resource Institute, Fujian Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350003, PR China.
authors.forename: Rong-Feng
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Xiao
authors.affiliation: Agricultural Bio-resource Institute, Fujian Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350003, PR China.
authors.forename: Xue-Fang
authors.initials: XF
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.affiliation: Agricultural Bio-resource Institute, Fujian Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350003, PR China.
authors.forename: Zheng
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D001407:Bacillus / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D001482:Base Composition; D002473:Cell Wall / Q000737:chemistry; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D003960:Diaminopimelic Acid / Q000737:chemistry; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000737:chemistry; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D010457:Peptidoglycan / Q000737:chemistry; D010743:Phospholipids / Q000737:chemistry; D010802:Phylogeny; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D012988:Soil Microbiology; D013624:Taiwan; 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; D003960:Diaminopimelic Acid; C062629:menaquinone 7