Molecular identification of alkaliphilic and halotolerant strain Bacillus sp. FTU as Bacillus pseudofirmus FTU.

The systematic position of the alkaliphilic and halotolerant strain Bacillus sp. FTU was refined in view of the comprehensive taxonomic revision of the group of alkaliphilic and alkalitolerant Bacillus strains. Sequence analysis of almost the entire 16S rRNA gene of Bacillus sp.