Ornithinibacillus caprae sp. nov., a moderate halophile isolated from the hides of a white goat.

A novel Gram-stain-positive, motile, moderate halophile, strain L9T, was isolated from hides of white goat in China. The isolate grew optimally at 30 °C, at pH 7 and with 5-10% (w/v) NaCl. The predominant menaquinone was MK-7, and the major cellular fatty acids were identified as iso-C15:0 and anteiso-C15:0. The peptidoglycan amino acid type was determined to be A4β, containing L-ornithine and D-aspartic as diagnostic amino acids. The phospholipids were dominated by diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylglycerol, one unidentified aminophospholipid and two unidentified phospholipids. Genome sequencing resulted in a genome size of 4.0 Mbp and a DNA G + C content of 35.9 mol%. Phylogenetic trees based on the 16S rRNA gene sequences showed the isolate to be closely related to Oceanobacillus limi H9BT (98.2% similarity) and Ornithinibacillus halophilus G8BT (97.5% similarity). The ANI and dDDH values between strain L9T and the closely related species were 69.8-76.1% and 13.0-20.5%, respectively. On the basis of the data presented, strain L9T represents a novel species of the genus Ornithinibacillus, for which the name Ornithinibacillus caprae sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is L9T (= KCTC 43176T = CGMCC 1.17659T).