Haloplanus ruber MBLA

Description of Haloplanus ruber MBLA 0254

Cells are Gram-stain-negative and 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 - 45℃ (optimum, 37℃) at 15 - 25% NaCl (optimum, 15%) at pH 6.0 - 9.0 (optimum, pH 7.0), lysed in distilled water, and growth occur without Mg 2+. D-Glucose, D-galactose, D-fructose, D-mannose, D-xylose, starch, fumarate, pyruvate, citrate, DL-malate, acetate, glycine, L-alanine, L-asparagine, and L-glutamic acid are utilized as sole energy sources for growth, but D-sucrose, D-maltose, lactose, L-rhamnose, D-trehalose, D-raffinose, D-mannitol, D-sorbitol, glycerol, starch, succinate, L-alanine, L-arginine, L-histidine, and L-glutamine are not utilized. The NCBI accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence is OR646569. Strain MBLA0254 (= NIBRARC 000510486) was isolated from seawater near Dokdo island , Korea (37°14 ʹ 29.4 ʺ N 131°52 ʹ 00.9 ʺ E) GoogleMaps .