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Abstract
A novel Gram-stain-positive, spore-forming, aerobic, non-motile, rod-shaped bacterium designated strain SD111T that forms red-pigmented colonies was isolated from a marine sediment sample (collected from 5 m depth) from Lakshadweep, India. Strain SD111T grew well on seawater agar at pH 6–10 (optimum pH 7.5±0.2). It showed maximum (97.6 %) 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity and formed a monophyletic clade with Domibacillus robiginosus WS 4628T ( = DSM 25058T). The genomic DNA G+C content was 37.4 mol% and the strain showed 37.7 % DNA–DNA relatedness to D. robiginosus DSM 25058T. The major fatty acids were anteiso-C15 : 0, C16 : 0, iso-C15 : 0 and iso-C16 : 0 and MK-6 was the predominant quinone. The polar lipid profile of strain SD111T consisted of unidentified phospholipids (PL1 and PL2), phosphatidylglycerol (PG) and diphosphatidylglycerol (DPG). The cell wall contained meso-diaminopimelic acid and the peptidoglycan was of A1γ type. Glucose and ribose were detected as major cell-wall sugars. Results from polyphasic studies indicated that SD111T represents a novel species of the genus Domibacillus for which the name Domibacillus indicus sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is SD111T ( = MCC 2255T = DSM 28032T).
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Funding
- Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Government of India (Award BT/PR/0054/NDB/52/94/2007)