Research Article

Bacillus Strains Most Closely Related to Bacillus nealsonii Are Not Effectively Circumscribed within the Taxonomic Species Definition

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Comparison of percent cellular fatty acid content between strain CBD 118, eight closely related strains, and most closely related type strains. 1: CBD 118; 2: OSS 25; 3: P307; 4: P308; 5: C4T1F3B3; 6: IAFILS6; 7: AD5A; 8: U4A; 9: ADP4II; 10: Bacillus nealsonii DSM ; 11: Bacillus circulans ATCC . C17:1 anteiso B/Iso I. Other summed features with composite less than 1% for all strains are not presented. CBD 118 and OSS 25 have PSS2a; P307, P308, and C4T1F3B3 have PSS2b; IAFILS6, AD5A, U4A, and ADP4II have PSS2c.

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C13:0 iso1.551.690.910.941.150.720.480.720.763.410.67
C13:0 anteiso0.240.530.210.220.240.180.790.17
C14:0 iso2.522.951.481.731.821.281.812.961.812.394.78
C14:09.933.976.377.907.044.254.713.823.5813.6711.66
C15:0 iso25.9520.5720.1721.5323.2416.5914.6821.4221.3629.2820.25
C15:0 anteiso42.7860.6947.9443.9144.7346.8651.5145.1844.2835.0940.64
C16:1ω7c alcohol0.230.200.210.180.730.600.500.591.02
C16:0 iso1.071.320.921.041.081.221.092.541.670.744.36
C16:1ω11c 2.660.332.822.022.232.064.372.692.794.692.64
C16:08.844.227.5912.559.585.683.473.733.024.605.58
C15:0 iso 3OH0.330.961.31
C15:0 2OH0.610.831.42
C17:1 iso ω10c 0.280.440.280.260.250.23
Sum in feature 40.340.502.171.301.200.360.40
C17:0 iso0.800.361.221.251.213.091.211.611.540.871.27
C17:0 anteiso3.412.429.356.907.4916.1112.158.8410.233.276.07
C16:0 iso 3OH0.420.34
C16:0 2OH0.210.54
C17:0 iso 3OH0.30
C18:00.260.230.280.19
C17:0 2OH0.160.591.46
C19:0 anteiso0.220.660.630.340.66