Salinimicrobium terrae sp. nov., isolated from saline soil, and emended description of the genus Salinimicrobium Chen, Yi-Guang and Cui, Xiao-Long and Zhang, Yu-Qin and Li, Wen-Jun and Wang, Yong-Xia and Kim, Chang-Jin and Lim, Jee-Min and Xu, Li-Hua and Jiang, Cheng-Lin,, 58, 2501-2504 (2008), doi = https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.65860-0, publicationName = Microbiology Society, issn = 1466-5026, abstract= A novel yellow-pigmented, Gram-negative, slightly halophilic, catalase-positive, oxidase-negative, obligately aerobic bacterium, designated strain YIM-C338T, was isolated from saline soil from the Qaidam Basin in north-west China. Cells were non-sporulating, non-motile, short rods, predominantly occurring singly. Coccoid bodies and slightly curved rod-shaped cells of varying length developed in older cultures. Growth occurred with 0.5–8 % (w/v) NaCl (optimally with 1–3 %, w/v), at pH 6.0–9.0 (optimally at pH 7.0) and at 4–37 °C (optimally at 28 °C). The major cellular fatty acids were C16 : 0, C18 : 0, C16 : 1 ω7c, C18 : 1 ω7c, iso-C13 : 0 3-OH and iso-C15 : 1. MK-6 was the only respiratory quinone. Non-diffusible carotenoid pigments were produced. Flexirubin-type pigments were absent. The genomic DNA G+C content was 42.8 mol%. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences indicated that strain YIM-C338T was a member of the genus Salinimicrobium, having sequence similarities of 97.3 and 94.0 % with respect to Salinimicrobium xinjiangense BH206T and Salinimicrobium catena HY1T. The combination of the phylogenetic data, phenotypic characteristics and chemotaxonomic differences supported the view that strain YIM-C338T represents a novel species of the genus Salinimicrobium, for which the name Salinimicrobium terrae sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is YIM-C338T (=DSM 17865T =CGMCC 1.6308T). An emended description of the genus Salinimicrobium is also provided., language=, type=