sp. nov. and sp. nov., isolated from the rhizosphere of .

Two Gram-stain-positive, aerobic, endospore-forming bacterial strains, isolated from the rhizosphere of were studied for their detailed taxonomic allocation. Based on 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity comparisons, both strains JJ-7 and JJ-60 were shown to be members of the genus . Strain JJ-7 was most closely related to the type strains of (99.6 %) and (98.7 %), and strain JJ-60 to (99.5 %). The 16S rRNA gene sequence similarities to all other species were ≤98.4 %. Both strains JJ-7 and JJ-60 showed 97.6 % 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity between each other. Genomic comparisons showed that the average nucleotide identity and digital DNA-DNA hybridization values to next related type strain genomes were always <94 and <56 %, respectively. The polar lipid profiles of both strains contain a number of phospholipids including diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylglycerol and phosphatidylethanolamine, which is in accord with the genus . The major quinone was MK-7 in both strains. Major fatty acids were iso- and anteiso-branched. Physiological and biochemical characteristics allowed a further phenotypic differentiation of strains JJ-7 and JJ-60 from the most closely related species. Thus, each strain represents a novel species of the genus , for which the names sp. nov. and sp. nov. are proposed, with JJ-7 (=CIP 111892=DSM 111785=LMG 32088=CCM 9087) and JJ-60 (=CIP 111894=DSM 111787=LMG 32090=CCM 9086) as the type strains, respectively.