title: Haloarcula amylolytica sp. nov., an extremely halophilic archaeon isolated from Aibi salt lake in Xin-Jiang, China.
abstract: A starch-hydrolysing and extremely halophilic archaeon (strain BD-3(T)), isolated from Aibi salt lake in Xin-Jiang, China, was characterized phenotypically and genotypically in order to determine its taxonomic status. On the basis of its polar lipid composition, nucleotide sequences of its 16S rRNA genes, genomic DNA G+C content (62.4 mol%) and growth characteristics, the organism could be assigned to the genus Haloarcula. Phenotypic differences and low DNA-DNA hybridization values to related Haloarcula species distinguished strain BD-3(T) from recognized Haloarcula species. It is therefore concluded that strain BD-3(T) represents a novel species, for which the name Haloarcula amylolytica sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is BD-3(T) (=CGMCC 1.5335(T)=JCM 13557(T)).
authors.affiliation: Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P. R. China.|State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, ZhongGuanCun, Haidian, Beijing 100080, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Yong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P. R. China.|State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, ZhongGuanCun, Haidian, Beijing 100080, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Heng-Lin
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Cui
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, ZhongGuanCun, Haidian, Beijing 100080, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Pei-Jin
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, ZhongGuanCun, Haidian, Beijing 100080, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Shuang-Jiang
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D002681:China; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000032:analysis; D005618:Fresh Water / Q000382:microbiology*; D020459:Genes, rRNA; D005838:Genotype; D019613:Haloarcula / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000502:physiology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D010641:Phenotype; D010802:Phylogeny; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D012965:Sodium Chloride / Q000378:metabolism*; D013213:Starch / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; D012965:Sodium Chloride; D013213:Starch