Natronomonas salsuginis sp. nov., a New Inhabitant of a Marine Solar Saltern.

ABSTRACT: A halophilic archaeon, strain F20-122^T, was isolated from a marine saltern of Isla Bacuta (Huelva, Spain). Cells were Gram-stain-negative, aerobic, and coccoid in morphology. It grew at 25-50 °C (optimum 37 °C), pH 6.5-9.0 (optimum pH 8.0), and 10-30% (w/v) total salts (optimum 25% salts). The phylogenetic analyses based on the 16S rRNA and rpoB' genes showed its affiliation with the genus Natronomonas and suggested its placement as a new species within this genus. The in silico DNA-DNA hybridization (DDH) and average nucleotide identity (ANI) analyses of this strain against closely related species supported its placement in a new taxon. The DNA G + C content of this isolate was 63.0 mol%. The polar lipids of strain F20-122^T were phosphatid

SUBMITTER: Duran-Viseras A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7232251 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature