Article
Salinimicrobium terrae sp. nov., isolated from saline soil, and emended description of the genus Salinimicrobium.
International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology - 1 Nov 2008
Chen Yi-Guang, Cui Xiao-Long, Zhang Yu-Qin, Li Wen-Jun, Wang Yong-Xia, Kim Chang-Jin, Lim Jee-Min, Xu Li-Hua, Jiang Cheng-Lin
Abstract excerpt
A novel yellow-pigmented, Gram-negative, slightly halophilic, catalase-positive, oxidase-negative, obligately aerobic bacterium, designated strain YIM-C338(T), was isolated from saline soil from the Qaidam Basin in north-west China. Cells were non-sporulating, non-motile, short rods, predominantly occurring singly. Coccoid bodies and slightly curved rod-shaped cells of varying length developed in older cultures....
Topics
- Bacterial Typing Techniques
- Base Composition
- China
- DNA, Bacterial
- DNA, Ribosomal
- Flavobacteriaceae
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Phenotype
- Phylogeny
- RNA, Ribosomal, 16S