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Abstract

Two halophilic moderately acidophilic archaeal strains, MH1-136-2 and MH1-370-1 were isolated from commercial salt samples made from seawater in Japan and Indonesia, respectively. Cells of the two strains were pleomorphic and Gram-stain-negative. Strain MH1-136-2 was pink pigmented, while MH1-370-1 was orange–red pigmented. Strain MH1-136-2 was able to grow at 9–30 % (w/v) NaCl (with optimum, 21 % NaCl, w/v) at pH 4.5–6.2 (optimum, pH 5.2–5.5) and at 18–55 °C (optimum, 45 °C). Strain MH1-370-1 was able to grow at 12–30 % (w/v) NaCl (optimum, 18 %, w/v) at pH 4.2–6.0 (optimum, pH 5.2–5.5) and 20–50 °C (optimum, 45 °C). Strain MH1-136-2 required at least 1 mM Mg, while MH1-370-1 required at least 10 mM for growth. Both strains reduced nitrate and nitrite under aerobic conditions. The 16S rRNA gene sequences of strains MH1-136-2 and MH1-370-1 were identical, and the closest relative was MH1-16-3 with 98.3 % similarity. The level of DNA–DNA relatedness between these strains was 90.9 % and 92.4 % (reciprocally), while that between MH1-136-2 and MH1-52-1, MH1-34-1 and MH1-16-3 was 37.7 %, 44.3 % and 41.1 % (each an average), respectively. Based on the phenotypic, genotypic and phylogenetic analyses, it is proposed that the isolates represent a novel species of the genus , for which the name sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is MH1-136-2 ( = JCM 16331 = CECT 7573) isolated from solar salt produced in Japan.

Funding
This study was supported by the:
  • Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) (Award B 25840142)
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