RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Xu, Xue-Wei A1 Wu, Yue-Hong A1 Zhou, Zhen A1 Wang, Chun-Sheng A1 Zhou, Yu-Guang A1 Zhang, Hui-Bin A1 Wang, Yong A1 Wu, MinYR 2007 T1 Halomonas saccharevitans sp. nov., Halomonas arcis sp. nov. and Halomonas subterranea sp. nov., halophilic bacteria isolated from hypersaline environments of China JF International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, VO 57 IS 7 SP 1619 OP 1624 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.65022-0 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1466-5034, AB Three strains of Gram-negative, aerobic, neutrophilic and halophilic bacteria were isolated from samples of a salt lake on the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau and a subterranean saline well in the Si-Chuan Basin of China. These isolates, designated AJ275T, AJ282T and ZG16T, were investigated using a polyphasic approach. Based on 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis, the isolates could be affiliated to the genus Halomonas. Genomic DNA G+C contents were 65.9 mol% for AJ275T, 56.7 mol% for AJ282T and 57.6 mol% for ZG16T. The results of DNA–DNA hybridizations, fatty acid analysis and physiological and biochemical tests allowed the isolates to be differentiated genotypically and phenotypically from closely related species. It is proposed that strains AJ275T (=CGMCC 1.6493T=JCM 14606T=LMG 23976T), AJ282T (=CGMCC 1.6494T=JCM 14607T=LMG 23978T) and ZG16T (=CGMCC 1.6495T=JCM 14608T=LMG 23977T) represent the type strains of three novel species in the genus Halomonas: Halomonas saccharevitans sp. nov., Halomonas arcis sp. nov. and Halomonas subterranea sp. nov., respectively., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.65022-0