A novel thermotolerant bacterium, designated SgZ-8T, was isolated from a compost sample. Cells were non-motile, endospore-forming, Gram-staining positive, oxidase-negative and catalase-positive. The isolate was able to grow at 20–65 °C (optimum 50 °C) and pH 6.0–9.0 (optimum 6.5–7.0), and tolerate up to 9.0 % NaCl (w/v) under aerobic conditions. Anaerobic growth occurred with anthraquinone-2,6-disulphonate (AQDS), fumarate and NO3- as electron acceptors. Phylogenetic analysis based on the16S rRNA and gyrB genes grouped strain SgZ-8T into the genus Bacillus, with the highest similarity to Bacillus badius JCM 12228T (96.2 % for 16S rRNA gene sequence and 83.5 % for gyrB gene sequence) among all recognized species in the genus Bacillus. The G+C content of the genomic DNA was 49.3 mol%. The major isoprenoid quinone was menaquinone 7 (MK-7) and the polar lipids consisted of diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylethanolamine and an unidentified phospholipid. The major cellular fatty acid was iso-C16 : 0. On the basis of its phenotypic and phylogenetic properties, chemotaxonomic analysis and the results of physiological and biochemical tests, strain SgZ-8T ( = CCTCC AB 2012108T = KACC 16706T) was designated the type strain of a novel species of the genus Bacillus, for which the name Bacillusthermotolerans sp. nov. is proposed.
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This study was supported by the:
National Natural Science Foundation of China
(Award 31070460, 21177030 and 41171205)
Strategic Cooperation Research of Chinese Academy of Sciences and Guangdong Province
(Award 2011A090200038 and 2011B090300076)
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