title: Virgibacillus flavescenssp. nov., isolated from marine sediment.
abstract: A Gram-stain-variable, rod-shaped, motile bacterial strain, designated S1-20T, was isolated from marine sediment of the Yellow Sea in China. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that strain S1-20Twas related to the genusVirgibacillusand had highest 16S rRNA gene sequence similarities with the type strains ofVirgibacillus necropolis(98.1 %),Virgibacillus arcticus(97.7 %) andVirgibacillus carmonensis(97.3 %). The predominant cellular fatty acids of strain S1-20Twere anteiso-C15 : 0and anteiso-C17 : 0. The main menaquinone was MK-7. The genomic DNA G+C content of strain S1-20Twas 38.3 mol%. The polar lipids profile contained diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylglycerol, five unidentified phospholipids, one unknown aminophospholipid and an aminolipid. Combined data from phenotypic, phylogenetic and DNA-DNA relatedness studies demonstrated that strain S1-20Tis a representative of a novel species of the genusVirgibacillus, for which the nameVirgibacillus flavescenssp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is S1-20T( = LMG 28381T= DSM 29015T).
authors.affiliation: Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 266071, Qingdao, PRChina.
authors.forename: De-Chao
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Leibniz Institute DSMZ-German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures, Inhoffenstraße 7B, 38124 Braunschweig, Germany.
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Schumann
authors.affiliation: College of Agronomy & Resources and Environment, Tianjin Agricultural University, 300384, Tianjin, PRChina.
authors.forename: Jiang
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.affiliation: Institute of Microbiology, University of Innsbruck, Technikerstrasse 25, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria.
authors.forename: Luís
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: França
authors.affiliation: Institute of Microbiology, University of Innsbruck, Technikerstrasse 25, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria.
authors.forename: Kathrin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Neuner
authors.affiliation: Institute of Microbiology, University of Innsbruck, Technikerstrasse 25, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria.
authors.forename: Rosa
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Margesin