| bacillus oshimensis sp. nov., a moderately halophilic, non-motile alkaliphile. | a halophilic and halotolerant, facultatively alkaliphilic strain, k11(t), was isolated from soil obtained from oshyamanbe, oshima, hokkaido, japan. the isolate grew at ph 7-10. it was non-motile, gram-positive and aerobic. cells comprised straight rods and produced ellipsoidal spores. the isolate grew in 0-20 % nacl, with optimum growth at 7 % nacl, and hydrolysed casein, gelatin, starch, dna and tweens 20, 40, 60 and 80. the major isoprenoid quinone was menaquinone-7, and the cellular fatty aci ... | 2005 | 15774684 |