RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Castillo, A. M. A1 Gutiérrez, M. C. A1 Kamekura, M. A1 Xue, Y. A1 Ma, Y. A1 Cowan, D. A. A1 Jones, B. E. A1 Grant, W. D. A1 Ventosa, A.YR 2007 T1 Halorubrum ejinorense sp. nov., isolated from Lake Ejinor, Inner Mongolia, China JF International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, VO 57 IS 11 SP 2538 OP 2542 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.65241-0 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1466-5034, AB A novel halophilic archaeon, strain EJ-32T, was isolated from water from Lake Ejinor in Inner Mongolia, China. The taxonomy of strain EJ-32T was studied by using a polyphasic approach. On the basis of 16S rRNA gene sequence similarities, strain EJ-32T was shown to be phylogenetically related to Halorubrum coriense (97.9 %), Halorubrum trapanicum (97.9 %), Halorubrum sodomense (97.8 %), Halorubrum tebenquichense (97.8 %), Halorubrum xinjiangense (97.6 %), Halorubrum terrestre (97.4 %), Halorubrum distributum (97.1 %) and Halorubrum saccharovorum (96.4 %). Strain EJ-32T was found to be neutrophilic, non-motile and Gram-negative. It grew in medium containing saturation concentrations of NaCl and did not require magnesium for optimal growth. The G+C content of the DNA is 64.0 mol%. Values for DNA–DNA hybridization with respect to phylogenetically related Halorubrum species were ≤49 %, indicating that EJ-32T constitutes a different genospecies. The data show that strain EJ-32T represents a novel species of the genus Halorubrum, for which the name Halorubrum ejinorense sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is EJ-32T (=CECT 7194T=CGMCC 1.6782T=JCM 14265T)., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.65241-0