Salinicoccus halodurans sp. nov., a moderate halophile from saline soil in China Wang, Xiaowei and Xue, Yanfen and Yuan, Sanqing and Zhou, Cheng and Ma, Yanhe,, 58, 1537-1541 (2008), doi = https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.65467-0, publicationName = Microbiology Society, issn = 1466-5026, abstract= 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)., language=, type=