@article{mbs:/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.068213-0, author = "Yin, Xijie and Yang, Yanliu and Wang, Shuang and Zhang, Gaiyun", title = "Virgibacillus oceani sp. nov. isolated from ocean sediment", journal= "International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology", year = "2015", volume = "65", number = "Pt_1", pages = "159-164", doi = "https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.068213-0", url = "https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.068213-0", publisher = "Microbiology Society", issn = "1466-5034", type = "Journal Article", abstract = "A Gram-stain-positive, moderately halophilic, motile, strictly aerobic, endospore-forming, rod-shaped bacterium, strain MY11T, was isolated from a sediment sample collected from the Western Pacific. This isolate grew in the presence of 0.5–18 % (w/v) NaCl and at pH 6.0–10.0 and 15–45 °C; optimum growth was observed with 3.5 % (w/v) NaCl and at pH 8.0–9.0 and 35–37 °C. Strain MY11T had menaquinone 7 (MK-7) as the predominant respiratory quinone and anteiso-C15 : 0 and anteiso-C17 : 0 as major fatty acids. Major polar lipids were diphosphatidylglycerol and phosphatidylglycerol. The DNA G+C content was 34.2 mol%. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences confirmed that strain MY11T was a member of the genus Virgibacillus , exhibiting sequence similarities of 95.3–97.6 % to the type strains of recognized Virgibacillus species. Strain MY11T could be differentiated from recognized species of the genus Virgibacillus based on phenotypic characteristics, chemotaxonomic differences, phylogenetic analysis and DNA–DNA hybridization data. On the basis of the data presented, strain MY11T is considered to represent a novel species of the genus Virgibacillus , for which the name Virgibacillus oceani sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is MY11T ( = LMG 28105T = CGMCC 1.12754T = MCCC 1A09973T).", }