| virgibacillus salinus sp. nov., a moderately halophilic bacterium from sediment of a saline lake. | a novel, moderately halophilic, gram-positive bacterium, designated strain xh-22(t), was isolated from sediment of a saline lake located near xilinhot, inner mongolia autonomous region, china. cells were rod-shaped, endospore-forming and motile. the isolate was able to grow in the presence of 3-20 % (w/v) total salts (optimum, 10 %, w/v), and at 15-40 degrees c (optimum, 37 degrees c) and ph 6.0-10.0 (optimum, ph 7.5). strain xh-22(t) had diaminopimelic acid in the cell-wall peptidoglycan, mk-7 ... | 2009 | 19643886 |