Si.ni.ba.cil'lus. N.L. fem. pl. n.
Sinae
China; L. dim. n.
bacillus
, a small rod; N.L. masc. n.
Sinibacillus
a rod‐shaped microbe isolated from China.
Firmicutes / Bacilli / Bacillales / Bacillaceae / Sinibacillus
Cells are Gram‐positive, facultatively anaerobic, motile, and endospore‐forming rods that occur singly or in short chains. Colonies are small, circular, and convex with regular margin. Growth occurs in the temperature range 30–63°C, within a narrow pH range (7.0–9.0), and with NaCl concentrations of 0.5–6% (w/v). The cell wall peptidoglycan type is A1
γ
(
meso
‐DAP direct). Cellular fatty acids consist mainly of iso‐ and anteiso‐branched acids with anteiso‐C
15:0
predominating. The major respiratory quinone is MK‐7. Polar lipids mainly consist of diphosphatidylglycerol and phosphatidylglycerol. Phylogenetically related to the genera
Pseudogracilibacillus
,
Ornithinibacillus
,
Virgibacillus
,
Oceanobacillus
, and other genera of the family Bacillaceae. The members of the genus exhibiting low 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity to the nearest species
Ornithinibacillus contaminans
(94.9%) and
Pseudogracilibacillus marinus
(94.6%). Members of the class Bacilli, family Bacillaceae. Known habitats are tropical forest soil and hot spring sediment.
DNA G + C content (mol%)
: 43.7–44.1 (HPLC).
Type species
:
Sinibacillus soli
Yang and Zhou 2014, 1651
VP
.