%0 Journal Article %A Wang, Xiaowei %A Xue, Yanfen %A Yuan, Sanqing %A Zhou, Cheng %A Ma, Yanhe %T Salinicoccus halodurans sp. nov., a moderate halophile from saline soil in China %D 2008 %J International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, %V 58 %N 7 %P 1537-1541 %@ 1466-5034 %R https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.65467-0 %I Microbiology Society, %X A moderately halophilic, Gram-positive coccus, designated strain W24T, was isolated from saline soil in Qinghai province, China. The isolate was able to grow at salinities of 0–24 % (w/v) NaCl (optimally at 8 %, w/v), at pH 5.5–9.0 (optimally at pH 7.5) and at 8–43 °C (optimally at 28 °C). The genomic DNA G+C content of strain W24T was 45.8 mol%. The predominant isoprenoid quinone was MK-6 and the cell wall contained lysine and glycine as diagnostic diamino acids. The polar lipids were diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylglycerol and an unidentified glycolipid. The major cellular fatty acids were iso-C15 : 0, anteiso-C15 : 0 and C16 : 0. Based on 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis, strain W24T was found to be a member of the genus Salinicoccus and was related most closely to Salinicoccus hispanicus DSM 5352T (96.5 % sequence similarity). Based on data from the current polyphasic study, strain W24T is considered to represent a novel species of the genus Salinicoccus, for which the name Salinicoccus halodurans sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is W24T (=CGMCC 1.6501T=DSM 19336T). %U https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.65467-0