| Literature DB >> 11837297 |
Catherine Lizama, Mercedes Monteoliva-Sánchez, Antonio Suárez-García, Ramón Roselló-Mora, Margarita Aguilera, Victoriano Campos, Alberto Ramos-Cormenzana.
Abstract
A novel extremely halophilic archaeon was isolated from Lake Tebenquiche, situated in the northern part of the Atacama Saltern, Chile. The cells of these micro-organisms were mostly irregularly disc-shaped. They grew in medium containing saturated concentrations of NaCl and did not require magnesium for optimal growth. The polar lipid composition revealed the presence of mannosyl-2-sulfate-(1-4)-glycosyl-archaeol, the main glycolipid of the genus Halorubrum, and two new glycolipids. The G+C content of the DNA was 63.2 mol%. Phylogenetic analysis of the 16S rRNA gene placed strain ALT6-92T within the Halorubrum cluster. The low DNA-DNA hybridization value justified classification in a new species for which the name Halorubrum tebenquichense sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is ALT6-92T (= CECT 5317T = DSM 14210T).Entities:
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Year: 2002 PMID： 11837297 DOI： 10.1099/00207713-52-1-149
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Int J Syst Evol Microbiol ISSN： 1466-5026 Impact factor: 2.747