sp. nov., an extremely halophilic archaeon isolated from sediment of a hypersaline lake Free

Abstract

An extremely halophilic archaeon belonging to the genus , strain C49, was isolated from sediment of the hypersaline lake Aran-Bidgol in Iran. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequence similarities showed that strain C49 was closely related to JCM 8865 (99.5 %) and other species of the genus . Studies based on multilocus sequence analysis revealed that strain C49 is placed among the species of ; the strain constituted a defined branch in comparison with the type strains of species of , while the 16S rRNA gene sequence divergence could not define the status of the newly isolated strain. For optimum growth, strain C49 required 20 % (w/v) salts at pH 7.0 and 37 °C under aerobic conditions. Mg was not required. The cells were pleomorphic rods, motile and stained Gram-variable. Colonies of the strain were pink. Hypotonic treatment with <12 % NaCl provoked cell lysis. The polar lipid pattern of strain C49 consisted of phosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylglycerol phosphate methyl ester derived from both CC and CC archaeol, phosphatidylglycerol sulfate and sulfated mannosyl glucosyl diether. The DNA G+C content was 64.2 mol%. DNA–DNA hybridization studies and average nucleotide identity confirmed that strain C49 constitutes a distinct genospecies. Data obtained in this study show that strain C49 represents a novel species, for which the name sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is C49 ( = IBRC-M 10232 = JCM 30541).

Funding
This study was supported by the:
  • Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (Award CGL2013-46941-P)
  • Andalusian Council (Award P10-CVI-6226)
  • National Science Foundation (Award DEB0919290)
  • Iranian Biological Resource Centre (IBRC) (Award MI-1388-04)
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