RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Rao, Manik Prabhu Narsing A1 Dong, Zhou-Yan A1 Zhang, Hui A1 Niu, Xue-Ke A1 Zhang, Kun A1 Fang, Bao-Zhu A1 Xiao, Min A1 Kang, Ying-Qian A1 Li, Wen-JunYR 2019 T1 Bacillus antri sp. nov., isolated from cave soil JF International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, VO 69 IS 8 SP 2335 OP 2339 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.003473 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1466-5034, AB A Gram-stain-positive, strictly aerobic, rod-shaped, motile, endospore-forming strain, SYSU K30001T, was isolated from a soil sample collected from a cave in Xingyi county, Guizhou province, south-west China. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences indicated that strain SYSU K30001T belonged to the genus Bacillus , with the highest sequence similarity to the type strain of Bacillus panaciterrae (98.1 %). Growth occurred at pH 6.0–9.0 (optimum, pH 7.0), at 28–55 °C (optimum, 28 °C) and in the presence of 0–3 % (w/v) NaCl (optimum in the absence of NaCl). Strain SYSU K30001T contained meso-2,6-diaminopimelic acid in the cell-wall peptidoglycan and MK-7 as the only isoprenoid quinone present. The polar lipids consisted of diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylethanolamine and an unidentified glycolipid. The major fatty acids were iso-C15 : 0, iso-C17 : 1 ω10c, anteiso-C14 : 0 and iso-C17 : 0. The genome G+C content was 39.8 mol%. The average nucleotide identity values between SYSU K30001T and B. panaciterrae DSM 19096T were 72.1 % (ANIb) and 83.1 % (ANIm), which were below the cut-off level (95–96 %) for species delineation. Based on phenotypic, chemotaxonomic and molecular characterizations, strain SYSU K30001T represents a novel species of the genus Bacillus , for which the name Bacillus antri sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is SYSU K30001T (=KCTC 33954T=CGMCC 1.13871T)., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijsem.0.003473