RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Zhang, Xin A1 Zhang, Wei-Yan A1 Shen, Ai-Hua A1 Huo, Ying-Yi A1 Zhu, Xu-Fen A1 Wu, MinYR 2013 T1 Halopelagiuslongus sp. nov., a member of the family Halobacteriaceae isolated from a salt mine, and emended description of the genus Halopelagius JF International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, VO 63 IS Pt_10 SP 3585 OP 3590 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.051375-0 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1466-5034, AB A thermotolerant, extremely halophilic archaeon, BC12-B1T, was isolated from a salt mine in Baicheng county, Xinjiang province, China. Colonies were off-white–grey. The cells stained Gram-negative, were motile and irregularly long-rod-shaped (variation in both width and length) with abundant gas vesicles. The strain was able to grow at 20–55 °C (optimum, 48 °C), at pH 6.0–8.0 (optimum, 7.0–7.3), with 1.8–6.0 M NaCl (optimum, 3.0–3.5 M) and with 0.02–2.2 M Mg2+ (optimum, 0.1–0.2 M). Cells lysed in distilled water and the minimal NaCl concentration to prevent cell lysis was 8 % (w/v). Phylogenetic analysis based on the 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that strain BC12-B1T was most closely related to Halopelagius inordinatus RO5-2T (98.5 %) with less than 95 % sequence similarity to other described species. The genomic DNA G+C content of strain BC12-B1T was 64.0 mol%. The DNA–DNA hybridization value between strain BC12-B1T and Hpl. inordinatus RO5-2T was 43.6 %. The major polar lipids of strain BC12-B1T were phosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylglycerol phosphate methyl ester, four glycolipids and an unknown lipid. Based on phenotypic, chemotaxonomic and genotypic characteristics, strain BC12-B1T represents a novel species of the genus Halopelagius , for which the name Halopelagius longus sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is BC12-B1T ( = CGMCC 1.12397T = JCM 18758T). An emended description of the genus Halopelagius is also provided., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.051375-0