Molecular and taxonomic characterization of arsenic (As) transforming Bacillus sp. strain IIIJ3–1 isolated from As-contaminated groundwater of Brahmaputra river basin, India

Table 3 Fatty acid composition of Bacillus cereus strain IIIJ3-1 and taxonomically related Bacillus species

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
Hydroxy- fatty acids
2-OH C10:0	+	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2-OH C12:0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
3-OH C12:0	+	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2-OH C14:0	+	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
3-OH C14:0	+	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2-OHC15:0	–	–	–	–	–	–	+	+	–	–	–	–
2-OH C16:0	+	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Branched chain iso fatty acids
iC12:0	–	+	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	+	+	+
iC13:0	–	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
iC14:0	–	+	–	–	–	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
iC15:0	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
iC16:0	+	–	–	–	–	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
iC17:0	+	–	+	+	+	+	+	+	–	+	–	+
Branched chain anteiso fatty acids
aC13:0	–	+	+	+	+	–	+	+	+	+	+	+
aC15:0	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
aC17:0	–	+	+	+	+	–	+	+	+	+	+	+
aC17:1	–	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
Saturated fatty acids (SFAs)
C11:0	+	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
C12:0	+	+	–	–	–	–	–	+	+	+	+	+
C14:0	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
C15:0	+	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	f
C16:0	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
C17:0	+	+	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	f
C18:0	–	+	–	–	–	–	–	+	+	+	+	+
C19:0	+	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Unsaturated fatty acids (UFAs)
C18:1	+	+	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	f
C16:1ω7cOH	–	nr	–	–	–	–	+	–	+	–	+	–
C16:1ω11c	–	f	–	–	–	–	–	–	+	–	+	–
nC16:1	–	+	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	+
iC16:2	–	+	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
nC16:2	–	+	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
nC17:1	–	+	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
C18:2^9,12	+	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Strains 1. IIIJ3–1 (present study); 2. B. cereus ATCC 14579 [54]; 3. B-17, 4. B-19, 5. B-82,(3,4,5) – [58, 59]; 6. B. toyonensis BCT-7112^T; 7, B. cereus CECT 148^T; 8. B. thuringiensis CECT 197^T; 9. B. mycoides CECT 4128^T; 10. B. pseudomycoides CECT 7065^T;; 11. B. weihenstephanensis LMG 18989^T;12. B. cytotoxicus) (6–12) [60]. (+ : presence, −: absence and f: faint peak for FAME obtained, nr: no report)