Article
Virgibacillus salarius sp. nov., a halophilic bacterium isolated from a Saharan salt lake.
International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology - 1 Oct 2008
Hua Ngoc-Phuc, Hamza-Chaffai Amel, Vreeland Russell H, Isoda Hiroko, Naganuma Takeshi
Abstract excerpt
A Gram-positive, endospore-forming, rod-shaped and moderately halophilic bacterium was isolated from a salt-crust sample collected from Gharsa salt lake (Chott el Gharsa), Tunisia. The newly isolated bacterium, designated SA-Vb1(T), was identified based on polyphasic taxonomy including genotypic, phenotypic and chemotaxonomic characterization. Strain SA-Vb1(T) was closely related to the type strains of...
Topics
- Bacillaceae
- DNA, Bacterial
- Fatty Acids
- Genes, Bacterial
- Genes, rRNA
- Genotype
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Peptidoglycan
- Phenotype
- Phospholipids
- Phylogeny
- RNA, Ribosomal, 16S
- Sequence Analysis, DNA
- Sodium Chloride
- Tunisia
- Vitamin K 2
- Water Microbiology