title: Reclassification of Brevibacterium halotolerans DSM8802 as Bacillus halotolerans comb. nov. Based on Microbial and Biochemical Characterization and Multiple Gene Sequence.
abstract: Brevibacterium halotolerans is currently classified as a member of the Brevibacterium genus, a genus that groups together many bacterial species of similar morphology but diverse biochemical and physiological features. Here we suggest, based on multiple gene sequencing and microbial and biochemical characterization of two environmental isolates and one type strain (DSM8802), that the B. halotolerans DSM8802 (and probably the other deposited under this species name) should be re-classified into the Bacillus genus, and offered the name B. halotolerans comb. nov.
authors.affiliation: University of Haifa, 3498838, Haifa, Israel.
authors.forename: Doron
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ben-Gad
authors.affiliation: Biology and Environment, University of Haifa in Oranim, 3600600, Tivon, Israel. gerchman.yoram@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Yoram
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8637-9589
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Gerchman
mesh_terms: D001407:Bacillus / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development / Q000302:isolation & purification; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D001951:Brevibacterium / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000235:genetics; D004783:Environmental Microbiology; D010802:Phylogeny; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D013171:Spores, Bacterial / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development / Q000302:isolation & purification
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S