| Literature DB >> 9828431 |
R Montalvo-Rodríguez1, R H Vreeland, A Oren, M Kessel, C Betancourt, J López-Garriga.
Abstract
A novel extremely halophilic archaeon was isolated from the solar salterns of Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico. The organism is very pleomorphic, motile and requires at least 8% (w/v) NaCl to grow. Polar lipid composition revealed the presence of a novel non-sulfate-containing glycolipid and the absence of the glycerol diether analogue of phosphatidylglycerosulfate. The G + C content of the DNA is 59 mol%. On the basis of 16S rRNA sequence data, the new isolate cannot be classified in one of the recognized genera, but occupies a position that is distantly related to the genus Haloferax. All these features justify the creation of a new genus and a new species for the family Halobacteriaceae, order Halobacteriales. The name Halogeometricum borinquense gen. nov., sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is ATCC 700274T.Entities:
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Year: 1998 PMID： 9828431 DOI： 10.1099/00207713-48-4-1305
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Int J Syst Bacteriol ISSN： 0020-7713