| halomonas songnenensis sp. nov., a moderately halophilic bacterium isolated from saline and alkaline soils. | a moderately halophilic bacterium (strain neau-st10-39t) was isolated from saline and alkaline soils in the oilfield of daqing city, heilongjiang province, china. the strain was strictly aerobic, gram-stain-negative, rod-shaped and motile by peritrichous flagella. its colonies were yellow. it grew at nacl concentrations of 0.2-15% (w/v) (optimum 4%, w/v), at temperatures of 4-40 °c (optimum 35 °c) and at ph 5-10 (optimum ph 7). it did not produce acids from sugars or alcohols. its dna g+c conten ... | 2014 | 24510978 |