%0 Journal Article %A Jeon, Che Ok %A Lim, Jee-Min %A Lee, Jae-Chan %A Lee, Gye Suk %A Lee, Jung-Min %A Xu, Li-Hua %A Jiang, Cheng-Lin %A Kim, Chang-Jin %T Lentibacillus salarius sp. nov., isolated from saline sediment in China, and emended description of the genus Lentibacillus %D 2005 %J International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, %V 55 %N 3 %P 1339-1343 %@ 1466-5034 %R https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.63462-0 %I Microbiology Society, %X A Gram-positive, spore-forming and moderately halophilic bacterium, strain BH139T, was isolated from saline sediment of Xinjiang Province, China. Cells of strain BH139T were motile, flagellated rods. The organism grew optimally at 30–35 °C in the presence 12–14 % (w/v) NaCl. The major fatty acids were branched saturated fatty acids such as iso-C16 : 0, anteiso-C15 : 0, iso-C15 : 0, iso-C14 : 0 and anteiso-C17 : 0. The G+C content of the genomic DNA was about 43 mol% and the predominant isoprenoid quinone was MK-7. Comparative 16S rRNA gene sequence analyses showed that strain BH139T was most closely related to Lentibacillus salicampi KCCM 41560T (96·9 % 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity) and formed a distinct phyletic line from that species. On the basis of physiological and molecular properties, the isolate represents a novel species within the genus Lentibacillus, for which the name Lentibacillus salarius sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is BH139T (=KCTC 3911T=DSM 16459T). %U https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.63462-0