RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Chen, Hua-Hong A1 Li, Wen-Jun A1 Tang, Shu-Kun A1 Kroppenstedt, Reiner M. A1 Stackebrandt, Erko A1 Xu, Li-Hua A1 Jiang, Cheng-LinYR 2004 T1 Corynebacterium halotolerans sp. nov., isolated from saline soil in the west of China JF International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, VO 54 IS 3 SP 779 OP 782 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.02919-0 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1466-5034, AB A halotolerant, non-spore-forming actinobacterium was isolated from a soil sample from the west of China. The strain, designated YIM 70093T (=CCTCC AA 001024T=DSM 44683T), comprised Gram-positive, non-motile, diphtheroid and irregular rods. It grew in 0–25 % KCl (KCl could be substituted by NaCl or MgCl2.6H2O), with optimum growth at 10 % KCl, and its optimal pH and cultivation temperature were 7·2 and 28 °C, respectively. On the basis of its morphological, physiological and phylogenetic characteristics, strain YIM 70093T should be classified in the genus Corynebacterium. However, it is sufficiently different from hitherto described Corynebacterium species to be considered as a novel species, for which the name Corynebacterium halotolerans sp. nov. is proposed., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.02919-0