RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Hou, Jing A1 Zhao, Yang-Jie A1 Zhu, Lin A1 Cui, Heng-LinYR 2018 T1 Salinirubellus salinus gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a marine solar saltern JF International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, VO 68 IS 6 SP 1874 OP 1878 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.002757 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1466-5034, AB A halophilic archaeal strain, designated ZS-35-S2T, was isolated from Zhoushan marine solar saltern in Zhejiang Province, China. Cells were pleomorphic, Gram-stain-negative and formed red-pigmented colonies on agar plates. The cells lysed in distilled water and the minimal NaCl concentration to prevent cell lysis was 8 % (w/v). Strain ZS-35-S2T was able to grow at 25–50 °C (optimum, 37 °C), with 1.4–4.8 M NaCl (optimum, 2.1 M), with 0–1.0 M MgCl2 (optimum, 0.1 M) and at pH 5.0–9.5 (optimum, pH 7.5). Phylogenetic tree reconstructions based on 16S rRNA genes and rpoB′ genes revealed that strain ZS-35-S2T was distinct from the related genera Halomarina , Natronomonas , Halorientalis , Salinirubrum and Halobaculum of the order Halobacteriales . The major polar lipids of the strain were phosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylglycerol phosphate methyl ester and three unidentified glycolipids. The two major glycolipids were chromatographically identical to S-DGD-1 and DGD-1, respectively. The DNA G+C content of strain ZS-35-S2T is 67.0 mol%. The phenotypic, chemotaxonomic and phylogenetic properties suggested that strain ZS-35-S2T (=CGMCC 1.12551T=JCM 30036T) represents a novel species of a new genus within the order Halobacteriales , for which the name Salinirubellus salinus gen. nov., sp. nov. is proposed., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijsem.0.002757