RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Martínez-Cánovas, M. José A1 Béjar, Victoria A1 Martínez-Checa, Fernando A1 Quesada, EmiliaYR 2004 T1 Halomonas anticariensis sp. nov., from Fuente de Piedra, a saline-wetland wildfowl reserve in Málaga, southern Spain JF International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, VO 54 IS 4 SP 1329 OP 1332 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.63108-0 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1466-5034, AB Three Halomonas strains, FP34, FP35T and FP36, which were isolated from soil samples taken from Fuente de Piedra, a saline wetland in the province of Málaga in southern Spain, are described. Phylogenetic analyses based on 16S rRNA gene sequences show that the three isolates belong to the genus Halomonas in the γ-Proteobacteria and form an independent genetic line. Phenotypically, they share the characteristics of Halomonas and differ from the most closely related species, Halomonas campisalis, in the following features: they are strictly aerobic and, because of their production of exopolysaccharides, form cream-coloured, mucoid colonies; they produce phosphatase and grow within narrow pH and temperature ranges; and they are susceptible to kanamycin and streptomycin. Their G+C content varies between 60·0 and 61·4 mol%. The name Halomonas anticariensis sp. nov. is proposed for these isolates. Strain FP35T (=LMG 22089T=CECT 5854T) is the type strain. The bacterium grows best in 7·5 % (w/v) NaCl and does not require magnesium or potassium salts for growth, although they do stimulate growth somewhat when present. Its major fatty acids are 18 : 1ω7c, 16 : 0, 16 : 1ω7c, 15 : 0 iso 2-OH, 12 : 0 3-OH, 12 : 0, 10 : 0 and 19 : 0 cyclo ω8c. Its predominant respiratory lipoquinone is ubiquinone with nine isoprene units (Q-9)., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.63108-0