Virginia A. VargasOsvaldo D. DelgadoRajni Hatti‐KaulBo Mattìasson2026-03-222026-03-22200510.1099/ijs.0.63318-0https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.63318-0https://andeanlibrary.org/handle/123456789/44770Citaciones: 44Strain LBB3(T) isolated from Bogoria soda lake in Kenya is an alkaliphilic, Gram-positive, strictly aerobic, non-motile, spore-forming bacterium. It was identified as a member of the genus Bacillus on the basis of phenotypic and phylogenetic analyses. The organism grows optimally at 37 degrees C and pH 10. The G+C content of the genomic DNA is 37.5 mol%. 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis showed 95 and 96 % sequence similarity with Bacillus pseudofirmus (DSM 8715(T)) and Bacillus alcalophilus (DSM 485(T)), respectively. Furthermore, DNA-DNA hybridization against these two Bacillus species showed 39.0 and 55.5 % similarity, respectively. Based on our observations, strain LBB3(T) is proposed to represent a novel species of the genus Bacillus, for which the name Bacillus bogoriensis sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain of B. bogoriensis is LBB3(T) (=ATCC BAA-922(T)=LMG 22234(T)).enBiologyHalotolerance16S ribosomal RNAMicrobiologyBacteriaBacillus (shape)Phylogenetic treeBacillalesBacillaceaeStrain (injury)article