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Abstract

Halophilic archaeal strain YGHS18 was isolated from the Yinggehai marine solar saltern near Shanya city of Hainan Province, China. Cells from the strain were observed to be pleomorphic rods, stained Gram-negative, and formed red-pigmented colonies on solid media. Strain YGHS18 was found to be able to grow at 20–50 °C (optimum 37 °C), with 0.9–4.8 M NaCl (optimum 2.1 M) and at pH 5.5–9.0 (optimum pH 7.0). The cells lysed in distilled water and the minimum NaCl concentration to prevent cell lysis was found to be 0.9 M. The major polar lipids of the strain were identified as phosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylglycerol phosphate methyl ester, phosphatidylglycerol sulfate, glucosyl mannosyl glucosyl diether and a diglycosyl diether (DGD-2). Strain YGHS18 possessed two heterogeneous 16S rRNA genes ( and ) and both were related to those of members of the genera (93.1–96.9 % sequence similarity) and (92.7–96.1 % similarity). The gene (orthologous gene) of strain YGHS18 clustered phylogenetically with members of the genus while the gene formed a paraphyly with members of the genera and . The ′ gene of strain YGHS18 was related phylogenetically to species of the genera (91.6–92.7 % sequence similarity) and (91.5–92.4 % similarity). gene analysis revealed that strain YGHS18 was related phylogenetically to species of the genus (92.2–92.9 % sequence similarity) rather than to those of the genus (90.9–91.7 % similarity). The DNA G+C content of strain YGHS18 was determined to be 64.5 mol%. The phenotypic, chemotaxonomic and phylogenetic properties suggested that strain YGHS18 ( = CGMCC 1.12128 = JCM 18369) represents a novel species of the genus , for which the name sp. nov. is proposed.

Funding
This study was supported by the:
  • National Natural Science Foundation of China (Award 31370054)
  • China Ocean Mineral Resources R & D Association (COMRA) Special Foundation (Award DY125-15-R-03)
  • Qinglan Project of Jiangsu Province
  • Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions (PAPD)
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