@article{mbs:/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/00207713-49-3-1149, author = "Oren, Aharon and Ventosa, Antonio and GutiƩrrez, M. Carmen and Kamekura, Masahiro", title = "Haloarcula quadrata sp. nov., a square, motile archaeon isolated from a brine pool in Sinai (Egypt)", journal= "International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology", year = "1999", volume = "49", number = "3", pages = "1149-1155", doi = "https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-49-3-1149", url = "https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/00207713-49-3-1149", publisher = "Microbiology Society", issn = "1466-5034", type = "Journal Article", keywords = "Haloarcula quadrata", keywords = "square bacteria", keywords = "halophile", keywords = "archaea", abstract = "The motile, predominantly square-shaped, red archaeon strain 801030/1T, isolated from a brine pool in the Sinai peninsula (Egypt), was characterized taxonomically. On the basis of its polar lipid composition, the nucleotide sequences of its two 16S rRNA genes, the DNA G+C content (60.1 mol%) and in growth characteristics, the isolate could be assigned to the genus Haloarcula. However, phylogenetic analysis of the two 16S rRNA genes detected in this organism and low DNA-DNA hybridization values with related Haloarcula species showed that strain 801030/1T is sufficiently different from the recognized Haloarcula species to warrant its designation as a new species. A new species, Haloarcula quadrata, is therefore proposed, with strain 801030/1T (= DSM 11927T) as the type strain.", }