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Abstract

A Gram-stain-negative, cream‐pigmented, motile, extremely halophilic archaeon, designated strain IC38, was isolated from a saline mud sample taken from a hypersaline lake, Aran-Bidgol, in Iran. The strain required at least 2.5 M NaCl for growth. However, MgCl was not required. Optimal growth occurred with 4.3 M NaCl and 0.2 M MgCl. The optimum pH and temperature for growth were pH 7.0 and 35 °C, respectively, and strain IC38 was able to grow over a pH range of 6.5–9.0, and a temperature range of 25–45 °C. Analysis of the 16S rRNA gene sequence revealed that strain IC38 clustered with the two species of the genus , EJ-46 and XH-70, with sequence similarities of 96.4 % and 96.1 %, respectively. The similarities between the rpoB′ gene of the novel strain and and were 90.7 % and 90.3 %, respectively. The polar lipid pattern of strain IC38 consisted of phosphatidylglycerol and phosphatidylglycerol phosphate methyl ester. Three unidentified glycolipids and two minor phospholipids were also observed. The DNA G+C content of strain IC38 was 62.6 mol%. On the basis of the phylogenetic analysis, as well as the biochemical and physiological characteristics, the new isolate is suggested to be a representative of a novel species of the genus , for which the name sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain of is IC38 ( = IBRC-M 10022 = KCTC 4051).

Funding
This study was supported by the:
  • Research Council, University of Tehran and Iranian Biological Resource Centre (IBRC) (Award MI-1388-01)
  • Spanish Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (Award CGL2013-46941-P and CGL2010-19303)
  • National Science Foundation (Award DEB-0919290)
  • Junta de Andalucía (Award P10-CVI-6226)
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