| bacillus litoralis sp. nov., isolated from a tidal flat of the yellow sea in korea. | a gram-variable, motile, endospore-forming, slightly halophilic bacterial strain, designated sw-211(t), was isolated from a tidal flat of the yellow sea in korea, and was characterized taxonomically by using a polyphasic approach. the organism grew optimally at 37 degrees c and in the presence of 2-3% nacl. comparative 16s rrna gene sequence analysis showed that strain sw-211(t) forms a distinct phylogenetic lineage within the radiation of the cluster comprising bacillus species. strain sw-211(t ... | 2005 | 16166692 |
| bacillus alkalitelluris sp. nov., an alkaliphilic bacterium isolated from sandy soil. | a gram-positive, alkaliphilic bacterium, designated strain ba288(t), was isolated from sandy soil. cells were facultatively anaerobic, endospore-forming rods that were motile by means of peritrichous flagella. the strain grew at 15-40 degrees c and ph 7.0-11.0 (optimally at 30 degrees c and ph 9.0-9.5) and at salinities of 0-4 % (w/v) nacl. phylogenetic analyses based on 16s rrna gene sequences showed that strain ba288(t) belonged to the genus bacillus and that bacillus herbersteinensis d-1,5a(t ... | 2008 | 18984705 |
| characterization of corrosive bacterial consortia isolated from petroleum-product-transporting pipelines. | microbiologically influenced corrosion is a problem commonly encountered in facilities in the oil and gas industries. the present study describes bacterial enumeration and identification in diesel and naphtha pipelines located in the northwest and southwest region in india, using traditional cultivation technique and 16s rdna gene sequencing. phylogenetic analysis of 16s rrna sequences of the isolates was carried out, and the samples obtained from the diesel and naphtha-transporting pipelines sh ... | 2010 | 19844704 |
| bacillus luteolus sp. nov., a halotolerant bacterium isolated from a salt field. | a novel gram-stain-positive, motile, strictly aerobic bacterium, designated yim 93174(t), was isolated from a salt field in korea. cells of this strain were rod-shaped and formed pale tangerine colonies and grew at ph 6.0-8.0 (optimal growth at ph 7.0), at 15-45 °c (optimum 28-37 °c) and at salinities of 0-10 % (w/v) nacl (optimum 0-2 % nacl). some phenotypic characters allowed differentiation of strain yim 93174(t) from its nearest phylogenetic relatives. comparative 16s rrna gene sequence anal ... | 2010 | 20584813 |
| isolation of a novel alginate lyase-producing bacillus litoralis strain and its potential to ferment sargassum horneri for biofertilizer. | algae have long been used to augment plant productivity through their beneficial effects. alginate oligosaccharide is believed to be one of the important components to enhance growth and crop yield. in this study, we isolated and characterized a bacillus litoralis strain, named bacillus m3, from decayed kelps. we further demonstrated that the m3 strain could secrete alginate lyase to degrade alginate. the crude enzyme exhibited the highest activity (33.74 u/mg) at ph 7.0 and 50°c. the m3 strain ... | 2016 | 27440453 |
| bacillus crassostreae sp. nov., isolated from an oyster (crassostrea hongkongensis). | a novel gram-stain-positive, motile, catalase- and oxidase-positive, endospore-forming, facultatively anaerobic rod, designated strain jsm 100118(t), was isolated from an oyster (crassostrea hongkongensis) collected from the tidal flat of naozhou island in the south china sea. strain jsm 100118(t) was able to grow with 0-13% (w/v) nacl (optimum 2-5%), at ph 5.5-10.0 (optimum ph 7.5) and at 5-50 °c (optimum 30-35 °c). the cell-wall peptidoglycan contained meso-diaminopimelic acid as the diagnosti ... | 2015 | 25713049 |
| bacillus salsus sp. nov., a halophilic bacterium from a hypersaline lake. | a gram-staining-positive, endospore-forming, rod-shaped, strictly aerobic, slightly halophilic bacterium, designated strain a24(t), was isolated from the hypersaline lake aran-bidgol in iran. cells of strain a24(t) were motile rods and produced oval endospores at a terminal position in swollen sporangia. strain a24(t) was catalase and oxidase positive. growth occurred with between 0.5 and 7.5% (w/v) nacl and the isolate grew optimally at 3% (v/w) nacl. the optimum temperature and ph for growth w ... | 2013 | 23504967 |
| bacillus halosaccharovorans sp. nov., a moderately halophilic bacterium from a hypersaline lake. | a novel gram-stain-positive, moderately halophilic bacterium, designated strain e33(t), was isolated from water of the hypersaline lake aran-bidgol in iran and characterized taxonomically using a polyphasic approach. cells of strain e33(t) were motile rods and produced ellipsoidal endospores at a central or subterminal position in swollen sporangia. strain e33(t) was a strictly aerobic bacterium, catalase- and oxidase-positive. the strain was able to grow at nacl concentrations of 0.5-25 % (w/v) ... | 2013 | 23291894 |
| bacterial diversity of extremely alkaline bauxite residue site of alumina industrial plant using culturable bacteria and residue 16s rrna gene clones. | bauxite residue (red mud), generated during the extraction of alumina from bauxite ore is characterized by high ph, high concentrations of soluble ions with low or virtually no organic matter. these extreme conditions along with numerous nutrient deficiencies, limit the microbial growth and vegetation establishment. in the present study, diversity of both cultivable and non-cultivable bacteria present in the red mud was investigated by 16s rdna sequence analyses. the cultivable bacteria were ide ... | 2014 | 24817611 |
| screening and identification of quorum sensing degraders from live feed artemia. | quorum sensing (qs) is bacterial cell-to-cell communication with small signal molecules such as acyl-homoserine lactones (ahl) that control a number of phenotypes including the regulation of virulence determinants in pathogenic bacteria. therefore, quorum sensing degrader has been suggested as one of the biocontrol strategies to fight bacterial infections. in the present study, different bacterial qs degrader strains were isolated from artemia and screened using chromobacterium violaceum cv026 b ... | 2016 | 28779741 |
| characterization of novel bacillus strain n31 from mariculture water capable of halophilic heterotrophic nitrification-aerobic denitrification. | the development of an intensive aquaculture industry has been accompanied by increasing environmental impacts, especially nitrogen pollution. in this study, a novel halophilic bacterium capable of heterotrophic nitrification and aerobic denitrification was isolated from mariculture water and identified as bacillus litoralis n31. the efficiency of ammonium, nitrite and nitrate removal by n31 were 86.3%, 89.3% and 89.4%, respectively, after a 48-h cultivation in sole n-source medium with initial n ... | 2017 | 28716629 |
| draft genome sequence of bacillus litoralis c44, isolated from chinese scholar tree (sophora japonica) forest soil. | bacillus litoralis c44 can hydrolyze rutin to produce isoquercetin by the enzyme α-l-rhamnosidase. we report here the genome sequence and annotation result of strain c44. the genomic information will serve as references to the physiology, genetics, and evolution of this species and further genetic engineering research in this species. | 2016 | 27688317 |