Haloferax profundi sp. nov. and Haloferax marisrubri sp. nov., Isolated from the Discovery Deep Brine-Seawater Interface in the Red Sea.

ABSTRACT: Two extremely halophilic archaeal strains, designated SB29^T and SB3^T, were isolated from the brine-seawater interface of Discovery Deep in the Red Sea. Cells of both strains were pleomorphic (irregular polyhedrals, ovals, and rods) and stained Gram-negative; colonies were pigmented pink. The sequence similarity of the 16S rRNA gene of strain SB29^T with that of its most closely related validly described species (Hfx. sulfurifontis DSM 16227^T) and that of strain SB3^T with its closest validly described relative (Hfx. denitrificans ATCC 35960^T) was 98.1% and 98.6%, respectively. The incomplete draft genomes of SB29^T and SB3^T are 3,871,125 bp and 3,904,985 bp in size, respectively, and their DN

SUBMITTER: Zhang G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7599478 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature