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Abstract

Twenty alkaliphilic bacterial strains from industrial applications or enzyme studies were subjected to a polyphasic taxonomic investigation, including 16S rRNA gene sequencing, determination of genomic DNA G+C content, DNA–DNA hybridization, fatty acid analysis and standard bacteriological characterization. By comparing the groupings obtained based on the genomic DNA G+C content and the construction of a phylogenetic tree based on the 16S rRNA gene sequence, 12 clusters of similar strains were recognized. DNA–DNA hybridization revealed that these clusters represented five novel genospecies. Further analysis supported the proposal of five novel species in the genus : sp. nov. (type strain N-1=JCM 9140=DSM 2521), sp. nov. (type strain C-11=JCM 9152=DSM 16731), sp. nov. (type strain N-4=JCM 9156=DSM 2522), sp. nov. (type strain 1139=JCM 9157=ATCC 43226) and sp. nov. (type strain AM-001=JCM 10596=DSM 16130).

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