A strictly anaerobic bacterium, strain B5T, was isolated from
sediment of an abandoned coal mine in Taebaek, Republic
of Korea. Cells of strain B5T were non-spore-forming, straight,
Gram-positive rods. The optimum pH and temperature for
growth were pH 7.0 and 30°C, respectively, while the strain
was able to grow within pH and temperature ranges of 5.5–
7.5 and 25–45°C, respectively. Growth of strain B5T was
observed at NaCl concentrations of 0 to 6.0% (w/v) with an
optimum at 3.0–4.0% (w/v). The polar lipids consisted of
phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylglycerol, an unknown
phospholipid and three unknown polar lipids. Strain B5T
grew anaerobically by reducing nitrate, nitrite, ferric-citrate,
ferric-nitrilotriacetate, elemental sulfur, thiosulfate, and anthraquinone-
2-sulfonate in the presence of proteinaceous compounds,
organic acids, and carbohydrates as electron donors.
The isolate was not able to grow by fermentation. Strain B5T
did not grow under aerobic or microaerobic conditions. Phylogenetic
analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences showed
that strain B5T is most closely related to the genus Tepidibacillus
(T. fermentans STGHT; 96.3%) and Vulcanibacillus
(V. modesticaldus BRT; 94.6%). The genomic DNA G+C content
(36.9 mol%) of strain B5T was higher than those of T.
fermentans STGHT (34.8 mol%) and V. modesticaldus BRT
(34.5 mol%). Based on its phenotypic, chemotaxonomic, and
phylogenetic properties, we describe a new species of a novel
genus Calculibacillus, represented by strain B5T (=KCTC
15397T =JCM 19989T), for which we propose the name Calculibacillus
koreensis gen. nov., sp. nov.
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