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sp. nov., isolated from an abandoned saltern Free

Abstract

A Gram-staining negative, motile, non-spore-forming, short rod-shaped (0.8–1.5×1.5–2.0 µm), halophilic bacterium, designated strain NTU-107, was isolated from brine samples collected from the abandoned Beimen saltern in southern Taiwan. The novel strain grew with 0–15 % (w/v) NaCl (optimum between 5 % and 10 %), at 15–55 °C (optimum 40 °C) and at pH 5.5–9.5 (optimum pH 7.5). The major cellular fatty acids were Cω7, C and Ccyclo ω8, the genomic DNA G+C content was 66.5 mol%, and the predominant ubiquinone was Q-9. The major polar lipids included phosphatidylglycerol, diphosphatidylglycerol and phosphatidylethanolamine. In a phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences, strain NTU-107 clustered with members of the genus . In hybridization experiments, however, the levels of DNA–DNA relatedness between strain NTU-107 and the type strains of its closest phylogenetic neighbours (, and ) were all found to be less than 40 %. Based on the phenotypic, chemotaxonomic and genetic data, strain NTU-107 represents a novel species within the genus , for which the name sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is NTU-107 ( = BCRC 17999 = KCTC 22876 = JCM 16084).

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This study was supported by the:
  • Republic of China’s Council of Agriculture
  • National Science Council
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