RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Song, Lei A1 Liu, Hongcan A1 Wang, Jian A1 Huang, Ying A1 Dai, Xin A1 Han, Xiqiu A1 Zhou, YuguangYR 2016 T1 Bacillus oceani sp. nov., isolated from seawater JF International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, VO 66 IS 2 SP 796 OP 800 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.000793 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1466-5034, AB Two Gram-staining-positive, endospore-forming, rod-shaped bacterial strains, designated strain SW109T and strain W006, were isolated from a seawater sample collected from the Indian Ocean. The strains were strictly aerobic, catalase- and oxidase-positive and motile by peritrichous flagella. The predominant cellular fatty acids (>10 %) were anteiso-C15 : 0, iso-C15 : 0 and iso-C14 : 0. The major menaquinone was menaquinone-7 (MK-7) and the major polar lipids were diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylglycerol and phosphatidylethanolamine. The genomic DNA G+C content of strain SW109T and strain W006 was 46.3 and 46.1 mol%, respectively. Phylogenetic analyses based on 16S rRNA gene sequences indicated that the two strains represented a novel member of the genus Bacillus, showing the highest similarity with Bacillus halodurans LMG 7121T and Bacillus okuhidensis DSM 13666T (96.4 and 96.2 % sequence similarity, respectively). On the basis of phylogenetic inference and phenotypic characteristics, it is proposed that the two strains represent a novel species of the genus Bacillus, for which the name Bacillus oceani sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is SW109T ( = CGMCC 1.12347T = DSM 100579T)., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijsem.0.000793