title: Virgibacillus jeotgalisp. nov., isolated from Myeolchi-jeotgal, a traditional Korean high-salt-fermented anchovy.
abstract: A Gram-staining-positive, motile, endospore-forming, rod-shaped bacterium, designated NS3012T, was isolated from Myeolchi-jeotgal, a traditional Korean high-salt-fermented anchovy and was characterized using a polyphasic taxonomic approach. Comparative 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis showed that strain NS3012Tbelongs to the genusVirgibacillusin the familyBacillaceaeof the phylumFirmicutes.The 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis showed that strain NS3012Twas closely related toVirgibacillus halotoleransWS-4627T(98.1 %),Virgibacillus oceaniMY11T(96.6 %) andVirgibacillus byunsanensisISL-24T(96.5 %). The chemotaxonomic properties of strain NS3012Twere consistent with those of the genusVirgibacillus: the quinone system with MK-7 as the predominant menaquinone and anteiso-C15 : 0and anteiso C17 : 0as the major cellular fatty acids; the cell-wall peptidoglycan type was based onmeso-diaminopimelic acid. The major polar lipid was diphosphatidylglycerol. The G+C content of the genomic DNA was 36.8 mol%. On the basis of phylogenetic inference, and chemotaxonomic and other phenotypic properties, strain NS3012Tis clearly differentiated from closely related species of the genusVirgibacillusand represents a novel species in this genus, for which the nameVirgibacillus jeotgalisp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is NS3012T(=KEMB 9001-125T=JCM 16522T).
authors.affiliation: Department of Life Science, Kyonggi University, Suwon 433-760, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Aravind
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sundararaman
authors.affiliation: Department of Life Science, Kyonggi University, Suwon 433-760, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Sathiyaraj
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Srinivasan
authors.affiliation: Department of Food Science and Biotechnology, Kyonggi University, Suwon 443-760, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Jong-Hoon
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Department of Life Science, Kyonggi University, Suwon 433-760, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Sang-Seob
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Lee
keywords: Myeolchi-jeotgal; Taxonomy; Virgibacillus