title: Salirhabdus euzebyi gen. nov., sp. nov., a Gram-positive, halotolerant bacterium isolated from a sea salt evaporation pond.
abstract: A low-G+C, Gram-positive bacterium, designated CVS-14(T), was recovered from a sea salt evaporation pond on the island of Sal in the Cape Verde Archipelago. This organism was catalase- and oxidase-positive. Cells were motile, spore-forming aerobic rods, with an optimum growth temperature of about 35-40 degrees C and optimum pH between 7.0 and 8.5. Optimal growth occurred in media containing 4-6 % (w/v) NaCl, although the organism was able to grow in medium without added NaCl and in medium containing 16 % NaCl. The cell-wall peptidoglycan was of A1 gamma type and the major respiratory quinone was menaquinone 7 (MK-7). Major fatty acids were iso-15 : 0, anteiso-15 : 0, iso-17 : 0 and anteiso-17 : 0. The DNA G+C content was 37.0 mol%. Phylogenetic analysis of the 16S rRNA gene sequence indicated that strain CVS-14(T) formed a distinct new branch within the radiation of the moderately halophilic bacilli group, forming a separate lineage from species of the genera Salinibacillus, Paucisalibacillus, Oceanobacillus, Lentibacillus and Virgibacillus. Strain CVS-14(T) showed 16S rRNA gene pairwise similarity values of approximately 95 % with species of the genus Salinibacillus. On the basis of morphological, physiological, chemotaxonomic and phylogenetic characteristics, strain CVS-14(T) is considered to represent a novel species in a new genus, for which the name Salirhabdus euzebyi gen. nov., sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is CVS-14(T) (=LMG 22839(T)=CIP 108577(T)).
authors.affiliation: Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade de Coimbra, 3004-517 Coimbra, Portugal.
authors.forename: Luciana
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Albuquerque
authors.affiliation: Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade de Coimbra, 3004-517 Coimbra, Portugal.
authors.forename: Igor
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Tiago
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA.
authors.forename: Fred A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Rainey
authors.affiliation: Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade de Coimbra, 3004-517 Coimbra, Portugal.
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Taborda
authors.affiliation: Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade de Coimbra, 3004-517 Coimbra, Portugal.
authors.forename: M Fernanda
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Nobre
authors.affiliation: Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade de Coimbra, 3004-517 Coimbra, Portugal.
authors.forename: António
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Veríssimo
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Bioquímica, Universidade de Coimbra, 3001-401 Coimbra, Portugal.
authors.forename: Milton S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: da Costa
mesh_terms: D000354:Africa, Western; D001406:Bacillaceae / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D001482:Base Composition; D002374:Catalase / Q000032:analysis; D002473:Cell Wall / Q000737:chemistry; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000032:analysis; D020459:Genes, rRNA; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D008124:Locomotion; D008858:Microscopy, Phase-Contrast; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010088:Oxidoreductases / Q000032:analysis; D010457:Peptidoglycan / Q000032:analysis; D010802:Phylogeny; D011809:Quinones / Q000032:analysis; D012329:RNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D012623:Seawater / Q000382:microbiology*; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D012965:Sodium Chloride / Q000378:metabolism; D013171:Spores, Bacterial; D013696:Temperature
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D005227:Fatty Acids; D010457:Peptidoglycan; D011809:Quinones; D012329:RNA, Bacterial; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; D012965:Sodium Chloride; D010088:Oxidoreductases; D002374:Catalase