@article{mbs:/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijsem.0.001757, author = "Tang, Xiaoli and Zhai, Lei and Lin, Yafang and Yao, Su and Wang, Lijiang and Ge, Yuanyuan and Liu, Yang and Zhang, Xin and Zhang, Tianci and Zhang, Lu and Liu, Jiquan and Cheng, Chi", title = "Halomonas alkalicola sp. nov., isolated from a household product plant", journal= "International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology", year = "2017", volume = "67", number = "5", pages = "1546-1550", doi = "https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.001757", url = "https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijsem.0.001757", publisher = "Microbiology Society", issn = "1466-5034", type = "Journal Article", keywords = "genotypic and phenotypic analysis", keywords = "Halomonas", keywords = "Gram-negative", abstract = "A Gram-stain-negative, alkaliphilic and moderately halophilic bacterium, designated 56-L4-10aEnT, was isolated from a household product plant in China. Cells of the novel isolate were rod-shaped, non-spore-forming and non-motile. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that strain 56-L4-10aEnT belongs to the genus Halomonas , with the six closest neighbours being Halomonas mongoliensis Z-7009T (97.59 % 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity), Halomonas ventosae Al12T (97.35 %), Halomonas campaniensis 5AGT (97.22 %), Halomonas alimentaria YKJ-16T (97.22 %), Halomonas shengliensis SL014B-85T (97.12 %) and Halomonas fontilapidosi 5CRT (97.09 %). The main polar lipids of strain 56-L4-10aEnT contained diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylglycerol and phosphatidylethanolamine. The predominant respiratory quinone was Q-9, with Q-8 as a minor component. The major fatty acids were C18 : 1ω7c/C18  : 1ω6c and C16 : 0. Strain 56-L4-10aEnT was clearly distinguished from the type strains mentioned above through phylogenetic analysis, DNA–DNA hybridization, fatty acid composition data and a range of physiological and biochemical characteristics comparisons. It is evident from the genotypic and phenotypic data that strain 56-L4-10aEnTcould be classified as a representative of a novel species of the genus Halomonas , for which the name Halomonas alkalicola sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is 56-L4-10aEnT (=CICC 11012sT=DSM 103354T).", }