Halovibrio salipaludis sp. nov., Isolated from Saline-Alkaline Soil.

ABSTRACT

A Gram-staining-negative, halophilic, aerobic, oval-shaped or vibrio-shaped, motile by a polar flagellum strain, designated YL5-2T, was isolated from natural saline-alkaline wetland soil of Binhai new district, Tianjin, China. Strain YL5-2T grew optimally at 35 °C, pH 7.5-8.0, and in the presence of 10-25% (w/v) NaCl on MA medium. Phylogenetic analyses based on 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that the isolate belonged to the genus Halovibrio and exhibited high sequence similarity of 97.7% to Halovibrio variabilis DSM 3050T. The sole respiratory ubiquinone of strain YL5-2T is Q-9, and the dominant fatty acids were C181ω9c, C160, C190 cycloω8c, and Summed Feature 8. The major polar lipids were diphosphatidylglycerol (DPG), phosphatidylethanolamine (PE), phosphatidylglycerol (PG), phosphatidylcholine (PC), and lipid (L). The DNA G+C content of the strain was 62.1 mol%. The average nucleotide identity (ANI) based on whole genome sequences of strain YL5-2T and Halovibrio variabilis DSM 3050T was 93.85%, and the dDDH value between these two strains was determined to be 52.0%. Phenotypic, chemotaxonomic, phylogenetic, and genomic analyses suggested that strain YL5-2T represent a novel species of the genus Halovibrio, for which the name Halovibrio salipaludis sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is YL5-2T (=KCTC 52852T=ACCC 19971T).