| gracilibacillus gen. nov., with description of gracilibacillus halotolerans gen. nov., sp. nov.; transfer of bacillus dipsosauri to gracilibacillus dipsosauri comb. nov., and bacillus salexigens to the genus salibacillus gen. nov., as salibacillus salexigens comb. nov. | a gram-positive, extremely halotolerant bacterium was isolated from the great salt lake, utah, usa. the strain, designated nnt (= dsm 11805t), was strictly aerobic, rod-shaped, motile by peritrichous flagella and spore-forming. strain nnt grew at salinities of 0-20% (w/v) nacl. a distinctive feature of strain nnt was its optimal growth in salt-free medium. the polar lipid pattern of strain nnt consisted of phosphatidyl glycerol, diphosphatidyl glycerol and two phospholipids of unknown structure. ... | 1999 | 10319508 |