Journal article

Publication year: 2017

Journal: International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volume number: 67

Issue number: 5

ISSN: 1466-5026

Open access status: Bronze

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.001791

Publisher: Microbiology Society

Abstract: 
A Gram-positive, aerobic organism, isolated from the rhizosphere of Zea mays was investigated in detail. Based on 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity comparisons, strain JJ-247T was grouped into the genus Bacillus, most closely to Bacillus foraminis (98.4%). The 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity to the sequences of the type strains of other Bacillus species was < 97.4 %. The fatty acid profile with the major fatty acids, C15:0 anteiso, C15:0 iso, C14:0 iso and C16:0 iso supported the grouping of the strain to the genus Bacillus. The polar lipid profile contained the major components diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylglycerol phosphatidylethanolamine and an unidentified aminophospholipid. Major quinone was menaquinone MK-7 and the major polyamine was spermidine. The genomic DNA G+C content of the type strain is 44.5 mol%. DNA-DNA hybridizations with type strains of Bacillus foraminis LMG 23147T resulted in values below 70%. In addition, physiological and biochemical test results allowed a clear phenotypic differentiation of strain JJ-247T from Bacillus foraminis. As a consequence, JJ-247T represents a new species of the genus Bacillus, for which we propose the name Bacillus zeae sp. nov., with JJ-247T (= CCM 8726T = LMG 29876T) as the type strain.

Harvard Citation style: Kämpfer, J., Busse, H., McInroy, J., Hu, C., Kloepper, J. and Glaeser, S. (2017) Bacillus zeae sp. nov. isolated from the rhizosphere of Zea mays, International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 67(5). https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.001791

APA Citation style: Kämpfer, J., Busse, H., McInroy, J., Hu, C., Kloepper, J., & Glaeser, S. (2017). Bacillus zeae sp. nov. isolated from the rhizosphere of Zea mays. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 67(5). https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.001791