%0 Journal Article %A Vaisman, Natalie %A Oren, Aharon %T Salisaeta longa gen. nov., sp. nov., a red, halophilic member of the Bacteroidetes %D 2009 %J International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, %V 59 %N 10 %P 2571-2574 %@ 1466-5034 %R https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.010892-0 %I Microbiology Society, %X A rod-shaped, 15–30 μm long, red bacterium, affiliated phylogenetically with the phylum Bacteroidetes, was isolated from an experimental mesocosm at Sedom, Israel, filled with a mixture of water from the Dead Sea and the Red Sea. The organism stains Gram-negative and is obligately aerobic, heterotrophic and oxidase- and catalase-positive. Growth is obtained in the presence of 5–20 % NaCl, with an optimum at 10 % NaCl plus 5 % MgCl2 . 6H2O. Temperature and pH optima are 37–46 °C and pH 6.5–8.5. Nitrate is not reduced. Glucose, sucrose, maltose and glycerol stimulate growth with acid formation; no growth stimulation is obtained in the presence of fructose, ribose, xylose, mannitol or sorbitol. The G+C content of the DNA is 62.9 mol% (HPLC). Main fatty acids are 16 : 0 iso and 16 : 1 cis9, followed by 15 : 0 iso and 15 : 0 anteiso. The isolate is sufficiently different from its closest relatives to be classified within a novel species belonging to a new genus, for which we propose the name Salisaeta longa gen. nov., sp. nov. The type strain of Salisaeta longa is strain S4-4T (=DSM 21114T =CECT 7354T). %U https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.010892-0