Haloplanus litoreus MBLA

Description of Haloplanus litoreus MBLA 0253

Cells are Gram-stain-negative and pleomorphic coccus shaped with 1.0 - 1.1 μm in diameter. Colonies are red, irregular, and flat after 7 days of incubation on DBCM2 at 37℃. Catalase is positive, but oxidase is negative. Growth occurs in the 20 - 50℃ (optimum, 37℃) at 15 - 25% NaCl (optimum, 15%) at pH 6.0 - 9.0 (optimum, pH 7.0) and lysed in distilled water. Mg 2+ is required for growth. D-Glucose, starch, DL-lactate, fumarate, pyruvate, citrate, DL-malate, acetate, L-asparagine, L-glutamine, and L-glutamic acid are utilized as sole energy sources for growth, but D-galactose, D-fructose, D-sucrose, D-maltose, lactose, D-mannose, D-xylose, L-rhamnose, D-trehalose, D-raffinose, D-mannitol, D-sorbitol, glycerol, succinate, glycine, L-alanine, L-arginine, L-histidine, and L-ornithine are not utilized. The NCBI accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence is OR646568. Strain MBLA0253 (= NIBRARC000510485) was isolated from seawater near Dokdo island , Korea (37°14 ʹ 29.4 ʺ N 131°52 ʹ 00.9 ʺ E) GoogleMaps .