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Abstract

A moderately halophilic, aerobic, motile, Gram-negative, rod-shaped bacterium (strain LV4) was isolated from saline soil around the lake Laguna Verde in the Bolivian Andes. The organism is a heterotroph, able to utilize various carbohydrates as a carbon source. It showed tryptophan deaminase, oxidase and catalase activity, but was unable to produce indole or HS; nitrate was not reduced. The G+C content of the genomic DNA was 56·1 mol%. The pH range for growth was 5–10, temperature range was 0–45 °C and the range of NaCl concentrations was 0–25 % (w/v). On the basis of 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis, strain LV4 was found to be closely related to DSM 6769 and DSM 7218; however, its DNA–DNA relatedness with these type strains was low. Strain LV4 resembled other species with respect to various physiological, biochemical and nutritional characteristics but also exhibited differences. Thus, a novel species, sp. nov., is proposed, with LV4 (=CCUG 47987=ATCC BAA-761) as the type strain.

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