| Alkalitalea saponilacus gen. nov., sp. nov., an obligately anaerobic, alkaliphilic, xylanolytic bacterium from Soap Lake, Washington State, USA. | A Gram-positive, obligately anaerobic, slender to flexible rod-shaped, and motile bacterium, strain SC/BZ-SP2T, was isolated from a mixed alkaline water and sediment of Soap Lake, Washington State, USA. Strain SC/BZ-SP2T formed salmon to pink, was alkaliphilic, and grew at pH35 7.5-10.5 with an optimum at pH 9.7. Growth occurred at temperatures of 8-40°C (optimum at 35-37°C) and at the total Na+ ions concentrations of 0.35-1.38 M (optimum at 0.44-0.69 M). This organism utilized L-arabinose, D-ri ... | 2011 | 22199219 |