kushneria pakistanensis sp. nov., a novel moderately halophilic bacterium isolated from rhizosphere of a plant (saccharum spontaneum) growing in salt mines of the karak area in pakistan. | the taxonomic position of a gram-stain negative, moderately halophilic bacterium, designated nccp-934(t), was investigated using polyphasic taxonomic approach. the strain nccp-934(t) was isolated from rhizosphere of a plant (saccharum spontaneum, family poaceae) growing in salt mines area in the karak district of khyber pakhtunkhwa province, pakistan. cells of strain nccp-934(t) are rod shaped and motile. the bacterium is strictly aerobic, can grow at a temperature range of 10-40 °c (optimum at ... | 2015 | 25631404 |