@article{mbs:/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/00207713-52-3-789, author = "Zhang, Weizhou and Xue, Yanfen and Ma, Yanhe and Zhou, Peijin and Ventosa, Antonio and Grant, William D", title = "Salinicoccus alkaliphilus sp. nov., a novel alkaliphile and moderate halophile from Baer Soda Lake in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China.", journal= "International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology", year = "2002", volume = "52", number = "3", pages = "789-793", doi = "https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-52-3-789", url = "https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/00207713-52-3-789", publisher = "Microbiology Society", issn = "1466-5034", type = "Journal Article", abstract = "A novel alkaliphilic and moderately halophilic gram-positive coccus, designated strain T8T, was isolated from Baer Soda Lake in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China. Strain T8T grew in the presence of 0-25% (w/v) NaCl and at pH 6.5-11.5, with optimum growth at 10% (w/v) NaCl and pH 9.0. It grew at 10.0-46.0 degrees C, with an optimum growth temperature of 32.0 degrees C. The organism was strictly aerobic, non-motile, non-sporulating and catalase- and oxidase-positive. The DNA G+C content was 49.6 mol%. The cell wall contained Lys and Gly. The major isoprenoid quinone was menaquinone 6 (MK-6). Phylogenetic analyses based on 16S rDNA sequence comparisons indicate that strain T8T is a member of the genus Salinicoccus. DNA-DNA relatedness of less than 50% with the described species of Salinicoccus supported the view that this organism represents a novel species of the genus Salinicoccus. The name Salinicoccus alkaliphilus sp. nov. is proposed for this novel species. The type strain is T8T (= AS 1.2691T = JCM 11311T).", }