[Diversity of halophilic archaea in hypersaline lakes of Inner Mongolia, China].
The aims of this work were to explore the diversity of halophilic archaea in hypersaline lakes of Inner Mongolia, China and to collect novel halophilic archaea. One hundred and sixty-five halophilic archaea were isolated from the three different types of hypersaline lakes (Erliannor, shangmatala and Xilin soda lake) in Inner Mongolia. By analysis of the restriction patterns of amplified 16S rDNA (ARDRA) with the enzyme Afa I and Hae II, respectively, the isolates were clustered into 14 genotypes, and the representatives of each genotype were randomly chosen for the determination of 16S rDNA sequence. The phylogenetic analysis revealed that all of the isolates were clustered into 10 groups: Halorubrum, Natronococcus, Natronorubrum, Haloterrigena, Halorhabdus, Halobiforma, Haloarcula, Haloferax and other two unknown groups. Dominant isolates were related to Halorubrum spp. in all three lakes. Some of the isolates studied showed less affiliation with known taxa ( <98% sequence similarity) and may represent novel taxa. Two isolates HXH33 and HSH33 showed very less affiliation with known genus ( < 93% sequence similarity) and may represent two new genera. These results suggest that diverse archaea exist in and the unknown archaea thrive in the hypersaline lakes of Inner Mongolia.
Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080, China. hlpan@mails.gscas.ac.cn
Hai-Lian
HL
Pan
Cheng
C
Zhou
Hong-lei
HL
Wang
Yan-fen
YF
Xue
Yan-He
YH
Ma
D044822:Biodiversity; D002681:China; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D016931:Halobacteriales / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D010802:Phylogeny; D012329:RNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D012965:Sodium Chloride / Q000378:metabolism; D014871:Water Microbiology
D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D012329:RNA, Bacterial; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; D012965:Sodium Chloride