A motile, pleomorphic, red-pigmented archaeon, strain EJ-52T, was isolated from water from Lake Ejinor, a saline lake in Inner Mongolia, China. Analysis of the almost-complete 16S rRNA gene sequence showed that the isolate was phylogenetically related to species of the genus Halorubrum, being most closely related to Halorubrum saccharovorum ATCC 29252T (96.1% sequence similarity), Halorubrum la...

Citation: de la Haba RR, Corral P, Sánchez-Porro C, Infante-Domínguez C, Makkay AM, Amoozegar MA, Ventosa A and Papke RT (2018) Genotypic and Lipid Analyses of Strains From the Archaeal Genus Halorubrum Reveal Insights Into Their Taxonomy, Divergence, and Population Structure. Front. Microbiol. 9:512. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.00512 Genotypic and Lipid Analyses of Strains From the Archaeal Genus ...

A Halorubrum H3 strain was isolated from a water and silt sample from Burlinskoye Lake (Altai Krai, Russia, 53°8'19″N 78°24'27″E). According to 16S rRNA sequences, this strain is most closely related to Halorubrum saccharovorum. The completely sequenced and annotated genome is 3,282,373 bp and contains 3,237 genes.

A novel halophilic archaeon, strain CGSA15(T), was isolated from water of Lake Chagannor in China. The strain grew optimally at 33-37 degrees C, pH 9.5-10.0 and 4.0-4.3 M NaCl. The major polar lipids were phosphatidylglycerol and phosphatidylglycerol phosphate methyl ester. The genomic DNA G+C content of strain CGSA15(T) was 60.2 mol%. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences reve...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Halophilic bacteria produce a variety of pigments, which function as immune modulators and have prophylactic action against cancers. In this study, colorful halophilic bacteria were isolated from solar salt lake and their pigments was extracted in optimal environmental conditions and compared with the pigments of Halorubrum sodomense ATCC 33755. MATERIALS AND METHODS...

The draft genome sequence of Halorubrum sp. SAH-A6, isolated from commercial rock salts of the Danakil depression, Ethiopia. The genome comprised 3,325,770 bp, with the G + C content of 68.0%. The strain has many genes which are responsible for secondary metabolites biosynthesis, transport and catabolism as compared to other Halorubrum archaea members. Abundant genes responsible for numerous tr...

A novel extremely halophilic archaeon was isolated from Ezzemoul sabkha, Algeria. The strain, designated 5.1(T), was neutrophilic, motile and Gram-negative. At least 15 % (w/v) NaCl was required for growth. The isolate grew at pH 6.5-9.0, with optimum growth at pH 7.0-7.5. Mg(2+) was required for growth. Polar lipids were C(20)C(20) derivatives of phosphatidylglycerol and phosphatidylglycerol p...

The diversity of archaeal strains from six hypersaline environments in Turkey was analyzed by comparing their phenotypic characteristics and 16S rDNA sequences. Thirty-three isolates were characterized in terms of their phenotypic properties including morphological and biochemical characteristics, susceptibility to different antibiotics, and total lipid and plasmid contents, and finally compare...

PURPOSE Carotenoids are of great interest in many scientific disciplines because of their wide distribution, diverse functions and interesting properties. The present report describes a new natural source for carotenoid production. METHODS Halorubrum sp., TBZ126, an extremely halophilic archaeon, was isolated from Urmia Lack following culture of water sample on marine agar medium and incubati...