Halogeometricum borinquense gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel halophilic archaeon from Puerto Rico

Rafael Montalvo-Rodríguez; Russell H. Vreeland; Aharon Oren; Martin Kessel; Carlos Betancourt; Juan López-Garriga

doi:10.1099/00207713-48-4-1305

Halogeometricum borinquense gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel halophilic archaeon from Puerto Rico

Rafael Montalvo-Rodríguez
, Russell H. Vreeland
, Aharon Oren
, Martin Kessel
, Carlos Betancourt
, Juan López-Garriga^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

A novel extremely halophilic archaeon was isolated from the solar salterns of Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico. The organism is very pleomorphic, motile and requires at least 8% (w/v) NaCl to grow. Polar lipid composition revealed the presence of a novel non-sulfate-containing glycolipid and the absence of the glycerol diether analogue of phosphatidylglycerosulfate. The G+C content of the DNA is 59 mol%. On the basis of 16S rRNA sequence data, the new isolate cannot be classified in one of the recognized genera, but occupies a position that is distantly related to the genus Haloferax. All these features justify the creation of a new genus and a new species for the family Halobacteriaceae, order Halobacteriales. The name Halogeometricum borinquense gen. nov., sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is ATCC 700274(T).

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1305-1312
Number of pages	8
Journal	International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology
Volume	48
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-48-4-1305
State	Published - Oct 1998

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Archaea
Halogeometricum borinquense gen. nov.
Halophilic bacteria
Sp. nov.

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