RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Kämpfer, Peter A1 Busse, Hans-Jürgen A1 McInroy, John A A1 Hu, Chia-Hui A1 Kloepper, Joseph W A1 Glaeser, Stefanie PYR 2017 T1 Bacillus zeae sp. nov., isolated from the rhizosphere of Zea mays JF International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, VO 67 IS 5 SP 1241 OP 1246 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.001791 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1466-5034, AB A Gram-positive-staining, aerobic organism, isolated from the rhizosphere of Zea mays, was investigated in detail. Based on 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity comparisons, strain JJ-247T was grouped into the genus Bacillus , most closely related to Bacillus foraminis (98.4 %). The 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity to the sequences of the type strains of other species of the genus Bacillus was <97.4 %. The fatty acid profile with the major fatty acids, anteiso-C15 : 0, iso-C15 : 0, iso-C14 : 0 and iso-C16 : 0 supported the grouping of the strain to the genus Bacillus . The polar lipid profile contained the major components diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylethanolamine and an unidentified aminophospholipid. The major quinone was menaquinone MK-7, and the major polyamine was spermidine. The genomic DNA G+C content of strain JJ-247T was 44.5 mol%. DNA–DNA hybridizations with the type strain B. foraminis LMG 23147T resulted in values below 70 %. In addition, physiological and biochemical test results allowed a clear phenotypic differentiation of strain JJ-247T from B. foraminis . As a consequence, JJ-247T represents a novel species of the genus Bacillus , for which we propose the name Bacillus zeae sp. nov., with JJ-247T (=CCM 8726T=LMG 29876T) as the type strain., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijsem.0.001791