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Abstract

A Gram-positive, moderately halophilic rod, designated X5B, was isolated from saline mud of the hypersaline lake Aran-Bidgol in Iran. Strain X5B was a strictly aerobic, motile bacterium that produced ellipsoidal endospores at a central-subterminal position in non-swollen sporangia. The isolate grew at pH 7.0–10.0 (optimum pH 7.5), at 25–45 °C (optimum 35 °C) and with 2.5–15 % (w/v) NaCl (optimum 5–7.5 %). On the basis of 16S rRNA gene sequences, strain X5B belonged to the genus and showed highest similarity with HS136 (95.6 % 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity) and BH169 (95.5 %). The DNA G+C content was 42.4 mol%. The major cellular fatty acids were anteiso-C and iso-C and the polar lipid profile consisted of phosphatidylglycerol, diphosphatidylglycerol, three phospholipids and two glycolipids. The diamino acid found in the cell-wall peptidoglycan was -diaminopimelic acid and the isoprenoid quinones were MK-7 (92 %), MK-6 (6 %) and MK-5 (2 %). On the basis of phylogenetic, chemotaxonomic and phenotypic data, a novel species of the genus is proposed, with the name sp. nov. The type strain is X5B ( = IBRC 10446  = DSM 23995).

Funding
This study was supported by the:
  • Iranian Biological Resource Centre (IBRC) (Award MI-1388-04)
  • International Foundation for Science (IFS) (Award A/4527-1)
  • Spanish Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia (Award CGL2010-19303)
  • National Science Foundation (Award DEB-0919290)
  • Junta de Andalucía (Award P06-CVI-01829)
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