A Gram-stain-positive, halophilic, rod-shaped, non-motile,
spore forming bacterium, strain NKC1-2T, was isolated from
kimchi, a Korean fermented food. Comparative analysis based
on 16S rRNA gene sequence demonstrated that the isolated
strain was a species of the genus Virgibacillus. Strain NKC1-
2T exhibited high level of 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity
with the type strains of Virgibacillus xinjiangensis SL6-1T
(96.9%), V. sediminis YIM kkny3T (96.8%), and V. salarius
SA-Vb1T (96.7%). The isolate grew at pH 6.5–10.0 (optimum,
pH 8.5–9.0), 0.0–25.0% (w/v) NaCl (optimum, 10–15% NaCl),
and 15–50°C (optimum, 37°C). The major menaquinone in
the strain was menaquinone-7, and the main peptidoglycan
of the strain was meso-diaminopimelic acid. The predominant
fatty acids of the strain were iso-C14:0, anteisio-C15:0, iso-
C15:0, and iso-C16:0 (other components were < 10.0%). The
polar lipids consisted of diphosphatidylglycerol and phosphatidylglycerol.
The genomic DNA G + C content of NKC1-2T
was 42.5 mol%. On the basis of these findings, strain NKC1-
2T is proposed as a novel species in the genus Virgibacillus,
for which the name Virgibacillus kimchii sp. nov. is proposed
(=KACC 19404T =JCM 32284T). The type strain of Virgibacillus
kimchii is NKC1-2T.
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