RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Infante-Dominguez, Carmen A1 Lawson, Paul A. A1 Johnson, Crystal N. A1 Sánchez-Porro, Cristina A1 Ventosa, AntonioYR 2015 T1 Fodinicurvata halophila sp. nov., a moderately halophilic bacterium from a marine saltern JF International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, VO 65 IS Pt_3 SP 766 OP 771 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.000010 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1466-5034, AB A Gram-stain-negative, rod-shaped, facultatively anaerobic, moderately halophilic bacterium, designated strain BA45ALT, was isolated from water of a saltern located in Santa Pola, Alicante, Spain. Cells were motile, and catalase- and oxidase-positive. Strain BA45ALT grew at temperatures in the range 14–45 °C (optimally at 37 °C), at pH 5.0–9.0 (optimally at pH 7.5), and in media containing 5–20 % (w/v) salts [optimally in media containing 10 % (w/v) salts]. Phylogenetic analysis based on the comparison of 16S rRNA gene sequences revealed that strain BA45ALT is a member of the genus Fodinicurvata . The closest relatives to the novel strain were Fodinicurvata fenggangensis YIM D812T and Fodinicurvata sediminis YIM D82T with sequence similarities of 98.2 % and 97.4 %, respectively. DNA–DNA hybridization between the novel isolate and these phylogenetically related species revealed relatedness values of 30 % and 15 %, respectively, with respect to the aforementioned species. The major cellular fatty acids of strain BA45ALT were C18 : 1ω7c, C16 : 0 and iso-C15 : 0. The G+C content of the genomic DNA of strain BA45ALT was 58.0 mol%, and the polar lipid pattern consisted of diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylmethylethanolamine and a number of unknown phospholipids and lipids. Based on phenotypic, chemotaxonomic and phylogenetic data presented in this study, strain BA45ALT constituted a novel species of the genus Fodinicurvata , for which the name Fodinicurvata halophila sp. nov. is suggested. The type strain is BA45ALT ( = CCM 8504T = CECT 8472T = JCM 19075T = LMG 27945T)., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.000010