Re-examination of the taxonomic position of Bacillus silvestris Rheims et al. 1999 and proposal to transfer it to Solibacillus gen. nov. as Solibacillus silvestris comb. nov
1 Microbial Type Culture Collection and Gene Bank (MTCC), Institute of Microbial Technology, Sector 39A, Chandigarh 160036, India 2 DSMZ – Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH, Inhoffenstr. 7b, D-38124 Braunschweig, Germany Correspondence Tapan Chakrabarti tapan{at}imtech.res....
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Published in | International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology Vol. 59; no. 5; pp. 1054 - 1058 |
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Main Authors | , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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Soc General Microbiol
01.05.2009
Society for General Microbiology |
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Summary: | 1 Microbial Type Culture Collection and Gene Bank (MTCC), Institute of Microbial Technology, Sector 39A, Chandigarh 160036, India
2 DSMZ – Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH, Inhoffenstr. 7b, D-38124 Braunschweig, Germany
Correspondence Tapan Chakrabarti tapan{at}imtech.res.in
Following the transfer of three of the six species enclosed in the original definition of rRNA group 2 of Bacillus to the genus Sporosarcina and two to Lysinibacillus , other species of this group, some of which were added later, still await taxonomic revision. In a recent publication, a set of core characteristics was proposed for species to be included in the genus Bacillus (Kämpfer et al. , 2006). Except for Bacillus silvestris , however, several or none of these properties are available for members of rRNA group 2. According to our analysis of data including the core characteristics, Bacillus silvestris should not be a member of the genus Bacillus . We therefore propose the establishment of a new genus, Solibacillus gen. nov., and transfer Bacillus silvestris to this genus as Solibacillus silvestris comb. nov., with the type strain HR3-23 T (=DSM 12223 T =ATCC BAA-269 T =CIP 106059 T ).
Abbreviations: AL, aminolipid; APL, aminophospholipid; DPG, diphosphatidylglycerol; PE, phosphatidylethanolamine; PG, phosphatidylglycerol; PS, phosphatidylserine; PGL, phosphoglycolipid; PL, phospholipid
Supplementary tables showing 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity between Bacillus silvestris and other closely related members of Bacillus rRNA group 2, and comparative fatty acid profiles of B. silvestris , Caryophanon latum and Bacillus subtilis are available with the online version of this paper. |
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ISSN: | 1466-5026 1466-5034 |
DOI: | 10.1099/ijs.0.65742-0 |