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18023 |
Ahmed I,
Yokota A,
Yamazoe A,
Fujiwara T,
( 2007 ) Proposal of Lysinibacillus boronitolerans gen. nov. sp. nov., and transfer of Bacillus fusiformis to Lysinibacillus fusiformis comb. nov. and Bacillus sphaericus to Lysinibacillus sphaericus comb. nov. PMID : 17473269 DOI : 10.1099/ijs.0.63867-0 Abstract >>
Three strains of a spore-forming, Gram-positive, motile, rod-shaped and boron-tolerant bacterium were isolated from soil. The strains, designated 10a(T), 11c and 12B, can tolerate 5 % (w/v) NaCl and up to 150 mM boron, but optimal growth was observed without addition of boron or NaCl in Luria-Bertani agar medium. The optimum temperature for growth was 37 degrees C (range 16-45 degrees C) and the optimum pH was 7.0-8.0 (range pH 5.5-9.5). A comparative analysis of the 16S rRNA gene sequence demonstrated that the isolated strains were closely related to Bacillus fusiformis DSM 2898(T) (97.2 % similarity) and Bacillus sphaericus DSM 28(T) (96.9 %). DNA-DNA relatedness was greater than 97 % among the isolated strains and 61.1 % with B. fusiformis DSM 2898(T) and 43.2 % with B. sphaericus IAM 13420(T). The phylogenetic and phenotypic analyses and DNA-DNA relatedness indicated that the three strains belong to the same species, that was characterized by a DNA G+C content of 36.5-37.9 mol%, MK-7 as the predominant menaquinone system and iso-C(15 : 0) (32 % of the total) as a major cellular fatty acid. In contrast to the type species of the genus Bacillus, the strains contained peptidoglycan with lysine, aspartic acid, alanine and glutamic acid. Based on the distinctive peptidoglycan composition, phylogenetic analyses and physiology, the strains are assigned to a novel species within a new genus, for which the name Lysinibacillus boronitolerans gen. nov., sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain of Lysinibacillus boronitolerans is strain 10a(T) (=DSM 17140(T)=IAM 15262(T)=ATCC BAA-1146(T)). It is also proposed that Bacillus fusiformis and Bacillus sphaericus be transferred to this genus as Lysinibacillus fusiformis comb. nov. and Lysinibacillus sphaericus comb. nov., respectively.
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9407 |
Woodburn MA,
Yousten AA,
Hilu KH,
( 1995 ) Random amplified polymorphic DNA fingerprinting of mosquito-pathogenic and nonpathogenic strains of Bacillus sphaericus. PMID : 7727272 DOI : 10.1099/00207713-45-2-212 Abstract >>
Random amplified polymorphic DNA fingerprinting was used to examine 31 mosquito-pathogenic and 14 nonpathogenic strains of Bacillus sphaericus. We verified that DNA bands that migrated the same distance in an agarose gel were homologous by using PCR-generated probes made from the random amplified polymorphic DNA bands. The band patterns obtained with eight primers were analyzed by using the Jaccard coefficient and unweighted pair group with arithmetic average clustering. Pathogenic strains belonging to DNA homology group IIA were similar to strains belonging to nonpathogenic homology groups at an average level of similarity of 6.3%. Individual serotypes were clearly identified among the pathogenic strains. This suggests that there is overall genetic homogeneity among strains within serotypes. It is also consistent with the uniform toxicity pattern found for each serotype (unlike the toxin diversity found in Bacillus thuringiensis serotypes). These results, together with DNA homology data, support the proposal that a new species should be described for the pathogenic strains.
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9697 |
Nakamura LK,
( 2000 ) Phylogeny of Bacillus sphaericus-like organisms. PMID : 11034479 DOI : 10.1099/00207713-50-5-1715 Abstract >>
The mesophilic round-spored bacteria embrace four species, namely Bacillus sphaericus, Bacillus fusiformis, Bacillus silvestris and Bacillus pasteurii. Although not displayed by all strains, mosquito pathogenicity is a noteworthy characteristic of B. sphaericus sensu lato. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rDNA sequences from 58 strains identified as B. sphaericus was used to examine the genetic heterogeneity of the taxon. Results from sequence analysis were compared with whole-cell fatty acid profiles and other phenotypic determinations. The B. sphaericus-like strains segregated into seven distinct clusters in a phylogenetic tree generated from 16S sequences. One cluster represented B. sphaericus and another B. fusiformis. A third cluster containing all of the pathogenic strains was closely related to, or was possibly part of, the B. fusiformis group. The remaining four groups were distinct and represented unnamed taxa that were more closely related to B. sphaericus and B. fusiformis than to the psychrophilic round-spored species, Bacillus globisporus and Bacillus psychrophilus. Groups based on phenotypic analysis corresponded to the 16S rDNA phylogenetic clusters. Data showed that B. sphaericus was genetically and phenotypically a highly heterogeneous taxon including at least seven genetically distinct taxa. The pathogenic strains were members of a distinct group and not of the species B. sphaericus sensu stricto. This heterogeneity partially accounts for the apparent variability of mosquito pathogenicity among B. sphaericus strains.
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9036 | Meyer, A., and Neide, E. In: Neide, E. "Botanische beschreibung einiger sporenbildenden bakterien." Zentralbl. Bakteriol. Parasitenkd. Infektionskr. Hyg. Abt. II (1904) 12:337-352. [No PubMed record available.] | ||||
19025 | Skerman, V.B.D., McGowan, V., and Sneath, P.H.A. (editors). "Approved lists of bacterial names." Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. (1980) 30:225-420. [See 'Approved Lists of Bacterial Names' LinkOut below.] |