| virgibacillus chiguensis sp. nov., a novel halophilic bacterium isolated from chigu, a previously commercial saltern located in southern taiwan. | a gram-positive, motile, endospore-forming, irregular rod-shaped (0.7-0.9 x 2.5-5.0 microm), halophilic bacterial strain, ntu-101(t), was isolated from chigu saltern in southern taiwan, previously used as a salt production field. the isolate was characterized taxonomically based on biochemical and molecular approaches. it grows optimally at 40 degrees c and in the presence of 5-10 % nacl. strain ntu-101(t) has cell-wall peptidoglycan based on meso-diaminopimelic acid and mk-7 as the predominant ... | 2008 | 18218928 |