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Reclassification of Brevibacterium halotolerans DSM8802 as Bacillus halotolerans comb. nov. Based on Microbial and Biochemical Characterization and Multiple Gene Sequence

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Brevibacterium halotolerans is currently classified as a member of the Brevibacterium genus, a genus that groups together many bacterial species of similar morphology but diverse biochemical and physiological features. Here we suggest, based on multiple gene sequencing and microbial and biochemical characterization of two environmental isolates and one type strain (DSM8802), that the B. halotolerans DSM8802 (and probably the other deposited under this species name) should be re-classified into the Bacillus genus, and offered the name B. halotolerans comb. nov.

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Acknowledgments

The authors want to acknowledge Aharon Oren for his useful discussion and for suggesting the new name. This study was funded by the Israeli Ministry of Environmental Protection Grant Number 122-3-2. We also wish to acknowledge the reviewers for helpful comments.

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    Doron Ben-Gad

  2. Biology and Environment, University of Haifa in Oranim, 3600600, Tivon, Israel

    Yoram Gerchman

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Ben-Gad, D., Gerchman, Y. Reclassification of Brevibacterium halotolerans DSM8802 as Bacillus halotolerans comb. nov. Based on Microbial and Biochemical Characterization and Multiple Gene Sequence. Curr Microbiol 74, 1–5 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00284-016-1143-4

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