se.di'mi.ni.ba.cil.lus. L. neut. n.
sedimen ‐inis
, sediment; L. masc. n.
bacillus
, a small rod; N.L. masc. n.
Sediminibacillus
, a rod living in sediment.
Bacillota / Bacilli / Bacillales / Bacillaceae / Sediminibacillus
The genus
Sediminibacillus
is classified within the family
Bacillaceae
, order
Bacillales
, and in the phylum
Bacillota
(
Firmicutes
). The cells are Gram‐stain‐positive, rod shaped, and occur singly, in pairs, or in short chains. Motile. Endospores may be formed terminally in swollen sporangia or not be observed. Cells are aerobic or facultatively anaerobic. Catalase‐ and oxidase‐positive. Nitrate may or may not be reduced to nitrite. Moderately halophilic. Optimal growth at 5.0–7.5% (w/v) NaCl, pH 7.5–8.0, and 30–37°C. The cell‐wall peptidoglycan type is A1γ with
meso
‐diaminopimelic acid. The major cellular fatty acids are anteiso‐C
15:0
and anteiso‐C
17:0
. The major polar lipids are diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylglycerol, and an unidentified glycolipid. The predominant respiratory quinone is MK‐7. The DNA G + C content is 41.3–44.1 mol%. Currently, the genus includes three species:
Sediminibacillus halophilus
(type species of the genus),
Sediminibacillus albus
, and
Sediminibacillus terrae
. The strains of these species were isolated from sediments of hypersaline lakes in China or nonsaline soils.
DNA G + C content (mol%)
: between 41.3 and 44.1.
Type species
:
Sediminibacillus halophilus
Carrasco et al. 2008
VP
.