%0 Journal Article %A Shen, Yibo %A Fu, Yansong %A Yu, Yang %A Zhao, Junwei %A Li, Jiansong %A Li, Yao %A Wang, Xiangjing %A Zhang, Ji %A Xiang, Wensheng %T Psychrobacillus lasiicapitis sp. nov., isolated from the head of an ant (Lasius fuliginosus) %D 2017 %J International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, %V 67 %N 11 %P 4462-4467 %@ 1466-5034 %R https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.002315 %K Lasius fuliginosus %K ant %K Psychrobacillus lasiicapitis %I Microbiology Society, %X A novel Gram-stain-positive, motile, endospore-forming, rod-shaped bacterium, designated strain NEAU-3TGS17T, was isolated from the head of an ant (Lasius fuliginosus). The isolate grew at 0–35 °C (optimum 28–30 °C), at pH 6.0–11.0 (optimum pH 7.0–8.0) and with 0–6 % (w/v) NaCl (optimum 0 %). Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences indicated that strain NEAU-3TGS17T belonged to the genus Psychrobacillus . Sequence similarities between strain NEAU-3TGS17T and members of the genus Psychrobacillus with validly published names ( Psychrobacillus psychrotolerans DSM 11706T, Psychrobacillus insolitus DSM 5T, Psychrobacillus psychrodurans DSM 11713T and Psychrobacillus soli NBRC 110600T) were 98.4–99.1 %. DNA–DNA relatedness values between strain NEAU-3TGS17T and its closest relatives were below 70 %. The major cellular fatty acids (>5 %) were iso-C14 : 0, anteiso-C15 : 0, C16 : 0 and iso-C15 : 0. The major polar lipids were diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylethanolamine and phosphatidylglycerol. The cell-wall peptidoglycan type was A4β with ornithine as the diamino acid and the predominant menaquinones were MK-8 and some MK-7. The DNA G+C content was 35.8 mol%. On the basis of phenotypic data and phylogenetic inference, strain NEAU-3TGS17T was classified as representing a novel species in the genus Psychrobacillus , for which the name Psychrobacillus lasiicapitis sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is NEAU-3TGS17T (=DSM 100484T=CGMCC 1.15308T). %U https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijsem.0.002315