| marinococcus halotolerans sp. nov., isolated from qinghai, north-west china. | an aerobic bacterium was isolated from saline soil located in qinghai, north-west china. the bacterium, designated yim 70157(t), was investigated using a polyphasic taxonomic approach. the gram reaction of the organism was positive. comparative 16s rrna gene sequence analysis demonstrated the isolate to be a member of the genus marinococcus, the closest phylogenetic neighbour of the unknown bacterium being marinococcus halophilus dsm 20408(t) with a similarity of 99.4%. the peptidoglycan type of ... | 2005 | 16166669 |