Belnapia mucosa sp. nov. and Belnapia arida sp. nov., isolated from desert biocrust.

ABSTRACT: Two novel Gram-staining-negative, aerobic, cocci-shaped, non-motile, non-spore forming, pink-pigmented bacteria designated strains T6^T and T18^T, were isolated from a biocrust (biological soil crust) sample from the vicinity of the Tabernas Desert (Spain). Both strains were catalase-positive and oxidase-negative, and grew under mesophilic, neutrophilic and non-halophilic conditions. According to the 16S rRNA gene sequences, strains T6^T and T18^T showed similarities with Belnapia rosea CGMCC 1.10758^T and Belnapia moabensis CP2C^T (98.11 and 98.55% gene sequence similarity, respectively). The DNA G+C content was 69.80 and 68.96% for strains T6^T and T18^T, respectively; the average nucleotide ide

SUBMITTER: Molina-Menor E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8489839 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature