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Optimal growth was observed in the absence of NaCl, but growth did occur at NaCl concentrations up to 3.0\u200a%. The strain possessed an A1<jats:italic>\u03b3<\/jats:italic>-type peptidoglycan cell wall and the major respiratory quinone was MK-7. The predominant fatty acids were anteiso-C<jats:sub>15\u200a:\u200a0<\/jats:sub>, iso-C<jats:sub>15\u200a:\u200a0<\/jats:sub> and anteiso-C<jats:sub>17\u200a:\u200a0<\/jats:sub>. The G+C content of the DNA was 43.1\u2005mol%. Phylogenetic analyses of the 16S rRNA gene sequence revealed that the novel isolate is closely related to the type strain of <jats:italic>Bacillus jeotgali<\/jats:italic>, forming a coherent cluster supported by bootstrap analysis at a confidence level of 90\u200a%. The pairwise similarity of the 16S rRNA gene sequences of the two strains is 97.7\u200a%. 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