title: [Isolation and identification of myxobacteria in the saline-alkaline soils of Akesu in Xinjiang].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To isolate myxobacteria and investigate their diversity in saline-alkaline soils from Akesu in Xinjiang.
  
  
  METHODS
  Conventional culture-dependent methods, e. g. baiting technique, water agar, soil extract agar and mineral agar, were used to isolate myxobacteria from 25 soil samples collected from Akesu areas of Xinjiang. Combining with physicochemical properties (acidity/alkalinity, salt concentration, vegetation and geographical locations) of the soil samples, myxobacterial diversity was studied.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In total 58 strains were isolated, and identified as belonging to 6 different genera, i.e. Myxococcus, Cystobacter, Corallococcus, Sorangium, Nannocystis and Polyangium of Myxococcales. The most frequent genus isolated was Myxococcus which may better adapt in harsh environments. Different myxobacterial diversity was detected in different habitat.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Myxobacteria diversity was low in saline-alkaline soils of Akesu in Xinjiang.
authors.affiliation: Guangdong Institute of Microbiology, Guangzhou Provincial Key Laboratory of Microbial Culture Collection and Application, Guangzhou Provincial Open Laboratory of Microbial New Application Technique, State Key Laboratory of Applied Microbiology (Ministry-Guangdong Province Jointly Breeding Base), Guangzhou 510070, China. zhangxianjiao2008@163.com
authors.forename: Xianjiao
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Zhikun
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Zhiyuan
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Tan
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.forename: Honghui
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhu
mesh_terms: D002681:China; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D009231:Myxococcales / Q000145:classification / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012965:Sodium Chloride / Q000494:pharmacology; D012988:Soil Microbiology
chemical_list: D012965:Sodium Chloride