@article{mbs:/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijsem.0.004361, author = "Khomyakova, M.A. and Merkel, A.Y. and Petrova, D.A. and Bonch-Osmolovskaya, E.A. and Slobodkin, A.I.", title = "Alkalibaculum sporogenes sp. nov., isolated from a terrestrial mud volcano and emended description of the genus Alkalibaculum", journal= "International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology", year = "2020", volume = "70", number = "9", pages = "4914-4919", doi = "https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.004361", url = "https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijsem.0.004361", publisher = "Microbiology Society", issn = "1466-5034", type = "Journal Article", keywords = "endospores", keywords = "Eubacteriaceae", keywords = "methoxylated aromatic compounds", keywords = "acetogen", abstract = "A novel anaerobic, endospore-forming bacterium (strain M08 DMBT) was isolated from a terrestrial mud volcano (Taman Peninsula, Russia). Cells of the strain were motile rods 1.3–2.0 µm long and 0.4 µm in diameter. The temperature range for growth was 5–42 °C, with an optimum at 30 °C. The pH range for growth was H 6.5–11.0, with an optimum at pH 8.0. Growth of strain M08 DMBT was observed at NaCl concentrations of 0–5.0 % (w/v) with an optimum at 1.0 %. Strain M08 DMBT utilized 3,4-dimethoxybenzoic acid, 2-methoxyphenol, carbon monoxide, glucose, fructose, mannose, xylose and yeast extract. The end product of glucose fermentation was acetate. The DNA G+C content of strain M08 DMBT was 32.3 mol% (obtained via whole genome sequencing). The closest phylogenetic relative of strain M08 DMBT was Alkalibaculum bacchi (family Eubacteriaceae , class Clostridia ) with 95.17 % 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity. Based on the phenotypic, genotypic and phylogenetic characteristics of the isolate, strain M08 DMBT is considered to represent a novel species of the genus Alkalibaculum , for which the name Alkalibaculum sporogenes sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain of Alkalibaculum sporogenes is M08 DMBT (=KCTC 15840T=VKM B-3387T).", }