RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 FRITZE, DAGMARYR 1996 T1 Bacillus haloalkaliphilus sp. nov. JF International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, VO 46 IS 1 SP 98 OP 101 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-46-1-98 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1466-5034, AB Ten obligately alkaliphilic, extremely halotolerant Bacillus isolates were studied and compared with strain WN13T (T = type strain), an earlier isolate provided by H. G. TrĂ¼per. All of these strains produced round, terminally located spores in swollen sporangia. DNA-DNA hybridization values (78 to 91%) and phenotypic similarity analyses revealed that 10 of the 11 strains formed a relatively homogeneous group, and although one strain (strain AH/6/1) could not be distinguished phenotypically, it exhibited hybridization values of only 46 to 47%. This group of strains is sufficiently different from all previously validly described Bacillus species in its morphological, physiological, and biochemical properties that a separate species is considered appropriate, for which the name Bacillus haloalkaliphilus sp. nov. is proposed., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/00207713-46-1-98