Halovivax limisalsi sp. nov., an extremely halophilic archaeon from hypersaline mud Amoozegar, Mohammad Ali and Makhdoumi-Kakhki, Ali and Mehrshad, Maliheh and Riazi, Siavash and Ventosa, Antonio,, 64, 3422-3426 (2014), doi = https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.063297-0, publicationName = Microbiology Society, issn = 1466-5026, abstract= A Gram-stain-negative, cream‐pigmented, motile, extremely halophilic archaeon, designated strain IC38T, 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, MgCl2 was not required. Optimal growth occurred with 4.3 M NaCl and 0.2 M MgCl2. The optimum pH and temperature for growth were pH 7.0 and 35 °C, respectively, and strain IC38T 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 IC38T clustered with the two species of the genus Halovivax , Halovivax asiaticus EJ-46T and Halovivax ruber XH-70T, with sequence similarities of 96.4 % and 96.1 %, respectively. The similarities between the rpoB′ gene of the novel strain and Halovivax asiaticus and Halovivax ruber were 90.7 % and 90.3 %, respectively. The polar lipid pattern of strain IC38T 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 IC38T 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 Halovivax , for which the name Halovivax limisalsi sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain of Halovivax limisalsi is IC38T ( = IBRC-M 10022T = KCTC 4051T)., language=, type=