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A novel anaerobic, moderately thermophilic, spore-forming bacterium, designated strain BR, was isolated from deep-sea hydrothermal core samples collected at the Rainbow vent field on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge (36° 14′ N 33° 54′ W). The cells were found to be rod-shaped, non-motile, Gram-positive and spore-forming. The organism grew in the temperature range 37–60 °C, with an optimum at 55 °C, and at pH values in the range 6–8.5, with an optimum around pH 7. NaCl concentrations for growth were in the range 10–40 g l, with an optimum at 20–30 g l. Strain BR grew chemo-organoheterotrophically with carbohydrates, proteinaceous substrates and organic acids with nitrate as electron acceptor. The novel isolate was not able to ferment. The G+C content of the genomic DNA was 34.5 mol%. Phylogenetic analysis of the 16S rRNA gene sequence placed strain BR in the within the class ‘’. On the basis of the phenotypic and phylogenetic data, this isolate should be described as a member of a novel genus, for which the name gen. nov. is proposed. The type species is sp. nov., with the type strain BR (=DSM 14931=JCM 12998).

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