A novel yellow-pigmented, non-motile, non-sporulating, catalase- and oxidase-positive, obligately aerobic, moderately halophilic, facultatively alkaliphilic Gram-positive coccus, strain YIM Y15(T), was isolated from a brine sample from a salt mine in Yunnan, south-west China. Strain YIM Y15(T) grew in the presence of 0.5-25 % (w/v) NaCl and at pH 6.0-10.0, with optimum growth at 8-10 % (w/v) Na...

Salinicoccus sp. BAB 3246 is a halophilic bacterium isolated from a marine water sample collected from the coastal region of Gujarat, India, from a surface water stream. Based on 16sRNA sequencing, the organism was identified as Salinicoccus sp. BAB 3246 (Genebank ID: KF889285). The present work was performed to determine the whole genome sequence of the organism using Ion Torrent PGM platform ...

Salinicoccus carnicancri Jung et al. 2010 belongs to the genus Salinicoccus in the family Staphylococcaceae. Members of the Salinicoccus are moderately halophilic and originate from various salty environments. The halophilic features of the Salinicoccus suggest their possible uses in biotechnological applications, such as biodegradation and fermented food production. However, the genus Salinico...

A moderately halophilic, Gram-positive coccus, designated strain W24(T), was isolated from saline soil in Qinghai province, China. The isolate was able to grow at salinities of 0-24 % (w/v) NaCl (optimally at 8 %, w/v), at pH 5.5-9.0 (optimally at pH 7.5) and at 8-43 degrees C (optimally at 28 degrees C). The genomic DNA G+C content of strain W24(T) was 45.8 mol%. The predominant isoprenoid qui...

A moderate halophilic bacterium was isolated from the brine samples of Sambhar salt lake, Rajasthan (India). The isolate formed pigmented colonies and the bacterial cells are motile, Coccoid, Gram positive, strictly aerobic, catalaseand oxidasepositive, ferments carbohydrates, while failed to utilize citrate as sole carbon source. The isolate grew in presence of 2-20% (w/v) NaCl and at pH 7-11,...

background: glyphosate (n-phosphonomethyl glycine) is an organophosphorus pesticide with dangerous effects on the environment. in this study, the biodegradation of glyphosate herbicide by halophilic bacteria isolated from qom hoze-soltan lake has been investigated. methods: after sampling and bacterial isolation, native halophilic strains grown in the presence of glyphosate at a wavelength of 6...