Discrimination between the Two Closely Related Species of the Operational Group B. amyloliquefaciens Based on Whole-Cell Fatty Acid Profiling.

ABSTRACT: (1) Background: Bacillus velezensis and Bacillus amyloliquefaciens are closely related members of the "operational group B. amyloliquefaciens", a taxonomical unit above species level within the "Bacillus subtilis species complex". They have similar morphological, physiological, biochemical, phenotypic, and phylogenetic characteristics. Thus, separating these two taxa from each another has proven to be difficult to implement and could not be pushed easily into the line of routine analyses. (2) Methods: The aim of this study was to determine whether whole FAME profiling could be used to distinguish between these two species, using both type strains and environmental isolates. Initially, the classification was determined by partial sequences of the gyrA and

SUBMITTER: Huynh T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8877761 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature