RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Zhou, Yu A1 Wei, Wei A1 Che, Qiaolin A1 Xu, Yuxin A1 Wang, Xu A1 Huang, Xing A1 Lai, RenYR 2008 T1 Bacillus pallidus sp. nov., isolated from forest soil JF International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, VO 58 IS 12 SP 2850 OP 2854 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.2008/000075-0 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1466-5034, AB A Gram-positive bacterium, designated strain CW 7T, was isolated from forest soil in Anhui Province, south-east China. Cells were strictly aerobic, motile with peritrichous flagella and rod-shaped. The strain grew optimally at 30–37 °C and pH 7.0–8.0. The major fatty acids of strain CW 7T were anteiso-C15 : 0, iso-C15 : 0 and anteiso-C17 : 0. The predominant menaquinone was MK-7. The cell-wall peptidoglycan contained meso-diaminopimelic acid. The G+C content of the genomic DNA was 42.3 mol%. Phylogenetic analysis indicated that strain CW 7T belonged to a monophyletic cluster within the genus Bacillus and showed 16S rRNA gene sequence similarities of less than 96.5 % to recognized species of the genus Bacillus. The results of the polyphasic taxonomic study, including phenotypic, chemotaxonomic and phylogenetic analyses, showed that strain CW 7T represents a novel species of the genus Bacillus, for which the name Bacillus pallidus sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is CW 7T (=KCTC 13200T=CCTCC AB 207188T=LMG 24451T)., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.2008/000075-0