RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Xu, Xue-Wei A1 Liu, Shuang-Jiang A1 Tohty, Dilbar A1 Oren, Aharon A1 Wu, Min A1 Zhou, Pei-JinYR 2005 T1 Haloterrigena saccharevitans sp. nov., an extremely halophilic archaeon from Xin-Jiang, China JF International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, VO 55 IS 6 SP 2539 OP 2542 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.63761-0 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1466-5034, AB A novel extremely halophilic strain, isolated from Aibi salt lake, Xin-Jiang, China, was subjected to polyphasic taxonomic characterization. This strain, designated AB14T, is neutrophilic, motile and requires at least 10 % (w/v) NaCl for growth. Strain AB14T grows at 24–58 °C, with optimal growth at 42–45 °C. Mg2+ is not required, but growth is observed in MgCl2 concentrations as high as 1·0 M. Strain AB14T possesses the diphytanyl (C20C20) and phytanyl-sesterterpanyl diether (C20C25) derivatives of phosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylglycerol phosphate methyl ester and mannose-2,6 disulfate 1→2 glucose-glycerol diether. The genomic DNA G+C content is 66·6 mol%. The 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity values of strain AB14T with its nearest phylogenetic neighbours (Haloterrigena thermotolerans and Haloterrigena turkmenica) are 98·6 and 96·0 %, respectively. DNA–DNA hybridization revealed 54 % relatedness between strain AB14T and Haloterrigena thermotolerans JCM 11050T and 21 % between strain AB14T and Haloterrigena turkmenica JCM 9101T. It is therefore proposed that strain AB14T represents a novel species, for which the name Haloterrigena saccharevitans sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is AB14T (=AS 1.3730T=JCM 12889T)., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.63761-0