Integrating genomic evidence for an updated taxonomy of the bacterial genus Spiribacter.

ABSTRACT: The genus Spiribacter encompasses halophilic bacteria widely distributed in hypersaline environments worldwide. Despite their ecological significance, initially isolating Spiribacter species under laboratory settings was challenging due to the lack of knowledge of their growth and cultivation requirements. However, with improved understanding of their ecological niche and metabolic pathways, additional species of Spiribacter have been successfully isolated and identified from diverse locations around the globe. Enriched media with sodium pyruvate as carbon source facilitated the isolation of twelve new strains closely related to the genus Spiribacter from hypersaline environments in Spain. Genome sequencing and analysis of these new strains and previously described Spiribacter species prov

SUBMITTER: Leon MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11615355 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature