%0 Journal Article %A Tindall, Brian J. %A Mills, Allan A. %A Grant, William D. %T An Alkalophilic Red Halophilic Bacterium with a Low Magnesium Requirement from a Kenyan Soda Lake %D 1980 %J Microbiology, %V 116 %N 1 %P 257-260 %@ 1465-2080 %R https://doi.org/10.1099/00221287-116-1-257 %I Microbiology Society, %X A Halobacterium species isolated from solar evaporation ponds and sodium sesquicarbonate deposits at Lake Magadi, Kenya, differs from known species of Halobacterium in its GC content, in being obligately alkalophilic with a pH optimum between 9·0 and 10·0, and in having a Mg2+ requirement of between 0·1 and 2·0 mm for optimum growth. %U https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/micro/10.1099/00221287-116-1-257