| saccharibacillus kuerlensis sp. nov., isolated from a desert soil. | a taxonomic study was performed on strain hr1(t), which was isolated from a desert soil sample collected from xinjiang province (china). cells were aerobic, gram-positive-staining, pink-pigmented, sporulating rods with a single lateral flagellum. the organism can grow at 15-42 degrees c and ph 5.0-10.0, optimally at 30-37 degrees c and ph 6.0-8.0. growth is inhibited by 6 % nacl. analysis of almost-complete 16s rrna gene sequence revealed that the isolate represents a distinct taxon within the g ... | 2009 | 19406774 |