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sp. nov., an extremely halophilic archaeon isolated from commercial rock salt Free

Abstract

A novel extremely halophilic archaeon, designated SAH-A6, was isolated from a sample of commercial rock salt in Ethiopia. Cells of SAH-A6 were aerobic and pleomorphic. The strain was able to grow at concentrations of 15–30 % (w/v) NaCl (optimum 20–25 % NaCl), at pH 6.0–9.0 (optimum pH 7.0) and in a temperature range of 30–55 °C (optimum 37–45 °C). Mg was not required for growth of SAH-A6 cells. On the basis of 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis, strain SAH-A6 was closely related to Cb34 (99.1 %), YC87 (98.9 %), EN-2 (98.7 %), JCM 15757 (98.4 %), CGSA15 (97.3 %), 9-3 (97.1 %), 8W8 (97.1 %), JCM 1478 (97.1 %), B8 (97.0 %) and C49 (97.0 %). Phylogenetic analysis based on the gene sequences showed that strain SAH-A6 was closely related to Cb34 (99.7 %), JCM 14031 (99.3 %) and other members of the genus (<99.0 %). The DNA G+C content of the strain was 68.0 mol%. DNA–DNA hybridization between strain SAH-A6 and the most closely related members of the genus were below 55 %, suggesting that the new isolate constitutes a different genospecies. On the bases of chemotaxonomic, phenotypic and genotypic data, strain SAH-A6 (=KCCM 43215=JCM 31519) represents a novel species of the genus , for which the name sp. nov. is proposed.

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Keyword(s): haloarchaeon , Halorubrum aethiopicum , polyphasic taxonomy and rock salt
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Halorubrum aethiopicum sp. nov., an extremely halophilic archaeon isolated from commercial rock salt
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