@article{mbs:/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/00207713-45-4-762, author = "KANAI, HARUHIKO and KOBAYASHI, TETSUO and AONO, RIKIZO and KUDO, TOSHIAKI", title = "Natronococcus amylolyticus sp. nov., a Haloalkaliphilic Archaeon", journal= "International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology", year = "1995", volume = "45", number = "4", pages = "762-766", doi = "https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-45-4-762", url = "https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/00207713-45-4-762", publisher = "Microbiology Society", issn = "1466-5034", type = "Journal Article", abstract = "The α-amylase-producing haloalkaliphilic archaeon Natronococcus sp. strain Ah-36T (T = type strain) was isolated previously from a Kenyan soda lake, Lake Magadi. Most cells of strain Ah-36T occurred in irregular clusters, and the colonies were orange-red. The polar lipids of this organism were composed of C20, C20 and C20, C25 derivatives of phosphatidylglycerol and phosphatidylglycerophosphate. Phosphatidylglycero-(cyclo-) phosphate, which is characteristic of Natronococcus occultus, was not detected. The complete nucleotide sequence of the 16S rRNA gene revealed that the closest relative of strain Ah-36T is N. occultus ATCC431011 (level of similarity, 96.4%), an extremely halophilic archaeon. However, strain Ah-36T did not exhibit a significant level of DNA homology to N. occultus ATCC43101T, which represents the only previously described species in the genus Natronococcus. We describe a new species for strain Ah-36T, for which we propose the name Natronococcus amylolyticus.", }