bacillus lonarensis sp. nov., an alkalitolerant bacterium isolated from a soda lake. | a novel gram-stain-positive, rod-shaped, motile and endospore-forming novel bacterial strain 25nlg(t) was isolated from lonar soda lake, in india. based on the 16s rrna gene sequence analysis, it was identified as a member of firmicutes, being most closely related to bacillus patagoniensis pat 05(t) (96.6 %) and other members in the genus bacillus (<96.0 %). strain 25nlg(t) was catalase and oxidase-positive. the strain grows optimally at a ph of 9.5 with 4-6 % (w/v) nacl and temperature of 35-37 ... | 2015 | 25294189 |