RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Denizci, Aziz Akın A1 Kazan, Dilek A1 Erarslan, AltanYR 2010 T1 Bacillus marmarensis sp. nov., an alkaliphilic, protease-producing bacterium isolated from mushroom compost JF International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, VO 60 IS 7 SP 1590 OP 1594 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.012369-0 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1466-5034, AB A Gram-stain-positive, obligately alkaliphilic bacterium designated strain GMBE 72T was isolated from mushroom compost from Yalova, located in the Marmara region of Turkey. Cells were aerobic, straight rods and they formed subterminal to terminal ellipsoidal endospores. The isolate was catalase-positive, oxidase-negative and motile and contained a type A1γ peptidoglycan based on meso-diaminopimelic acid. The strain grew at pH 8.0–12.5. The major cellular fatty acid was anteiso-C15 : 0. The genomic DNA G+C content was 40.2 mol%. Phylogenetic analyses based on 16S rRNA gene sequencing showed that strain GMBE 72T belonged to the genus Bacillus and exhibited 98.2 % sequence similarity to Bacillus pseudofirmus DSM 8715T. DNA–DNA reassociation was 56 % between GMBE 72T and B. pseudofirmus DSM 8715T. According to our polyphasic characterization, strain GMBE 72T represents a novel species of the genus Bacillus, for which the name Bacillus marmarensis sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is GMBE 72T (=DSM 21297T =JCM 15719T)., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.012369-0