Halorubrum luteum sp. nov., isolated from Lake Chagannor, Inner Mongolia, China Hu, Lingfei and Pan, Hailian and Xue, Yanfen and Ventosa, A. and Cowan, D. A. and Jones, B. E. and Grant, W. D. and Ma, Yanhe,, 58, 1705-1708 (2008), doi = https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.65700-0, publicationName = Microbiology Society, issn = 1466-5026, abstract= A novel halophilic archaeon, strain CGSA15T, was isolated from water of Lake Chagannor in China. The strain grew optimally at 33–37 °C, pH 9.5–10.0 and 4.0–4.3 M NaCl. The major polar lipids were phosphatidylglycerol and phosphatidylglycerol phosphate methyl ester. The genomic DNA G+C content of strain CGSA15T was 60.2 mol%. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences revealed that strain CGSA15T was a member of the genus Halorubrum and was related most closely to Halorubrum alkaliphilum AS 1.3528T (96.1 % similarity) and Halorubrum tibetense AS 1.3239T (96.9 %). Levels of DNA–DNA relatedness between strain CGSA15T and Hrr. alkaliphilum AS 1.3528T and Hrr. tibetense AS 1.3239T were 36.7 and 28.9 %, respectively. According to the phenotypic and genotypic data presented, strain CGSA15T is considered to represent a novel species of the genus Halorubrum, for which the name Halorubrum luteum sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is CGSA15T (=CGMCC 1.6783T =CECT 7303T)., language=, type=