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11931160

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
Pt 2
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-4-4
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
Five brightly red-pigmented, motile, rod-shaped, extremely halophilic bacteria were isolated from saltern crystallizer ponds in Alicante (two strains) and Mallorca (three strains), Spain. They grew optimally at salt concentrations between 20 and 30% and did not grow below 15% salts. Thus, these isolates are among the most halophilic organisms known within the domain Bacteria. The temperature optimum was 37-47 degrees C. A single, yet to be identified pigment was present, with an absorption maximum at 482 nm and a shoulder at 506-510 nm. The G+C content of the DNA was 66.3-67.7 mol% and, together, they formed a homogeneous genomic group with DNA-DNA similarities above 70%. The 16S rRNA gene sequences were almost identical to sequences recovered earlier from the saltern biomass by amplification of bacterial small-subunit rRNA genes from DNA extracted from the environment. This phylotype, earlier described as 'Candidatus Salinibacter', was shown by fluorescence in situ hybridization to contribute between 5 and 25% of the prokaryote community of the saltern crystallizers. We have therefore succeeded in isolating a bacterium from the natural environment that, although being a major component of the community, was previously known by its phylotype only. Isolation of the organism now allows formal description of a novel genus and species, for which we propose the name Salinibacter ruber gen. nov., sp. nov. The type strain is strain M31T (= DSM 13855T = CECT 5946T).
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
1466-5026
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
52
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
485-91
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
Salinibacter ruber gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel, extremely halophilic member of the Bacteria from saltern crystallizer ponds.
pubmed:affiliation
Departamento de Fisiología, Genética y Microbiología, Universidad de Alicante, Spain. anton@ua.es
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't