@article{mbs:/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.000223, author = "Lin, Shih-Yao and Hameed, Asif and Liu, You-Cheng and Wen, Cheng-Zhe and Lai, Wei-An and Hsu, Yi-Han and Young, Chiu-Chung", title = "Bacillus lycopersici sp. nov., isolated from a tomato plant (Solanum lycopersicum L.)", journal= "International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology", year = "2015", volume = "65", number = "Pt_7", pages = "2085-2090", doi = "https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.000223", url = "https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.000223", publisher = "Microbiology Society", issn = "1466-5034", type = "Journal Article", abstract = "A Gram-stain-positive, rod-shaped, endospore-forming bacterium (designated strain CC-Bw-5T) was isolated from chopped tomato stems. The isolate grew at 20–40 °C, pH 6.0–8.0 and tolerated 6  % (w/v) NaCl. The most closely related strains in terms of 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity were Bacillus isabeliae (95.3  %) and Bacillus oleronius (95.3  %). The G+C content of the genomic DNA was 37.2 ± 3.6 mol%. Strain CC-Bw-5T was determined to possess C16 : 0, iso-C14 : 0, iso-C15 : 0, anteiso-C15 : 0 and iso-C16 : 0 as predominant fatty acids. The polar lipid profile consisted of predominant amounts of diphosphatidylglycerol, and moderate-to-trace amounts of phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylglycerol, two unidentified glycolipids, an unidentified phospholipid and an unidentified phosphoglycolipid. The cell-wall peptidoglycan contained meso-diaminopimelic acid; menaquinone (MK-7) was the predominant respiratory quinone. According to distinct phylogenetic, phenotypic and chemotaxonomic features, strain CC-Bw-5T is proposed to represent a novel species within the genus Bacillus for which the name Bacillus lycopersici sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is CC-Bw-5T ( = BCRC 80623T = JCM 19140T).", }