Haloferax sulfurifontis MBLA

Description of Haloferax sulfurifontis MBLA View in CoL 0249

Cells are Gram-stain-negative and pleomorphic coccus shaped with 1.5 - 1.7 μm in diameter. Colonies are red, circular, and flat after 3 days of incubation on DBCM2 at 37℃. Catalase is positive, but oxidase is negative. Growth occurs in the 20 - 50℃ (optimum, 37°C) at 5 - 25% NaCl (optimum, 15%) at pH 5.0 - 9.0 (optimum, pH 7.0) and lysed in distilled water. Mg 2+ is required for growth. DGlucose, D-galactose, D-fructose, D-sucrose, D-mannose, D-xylose, L-rhamnose, starch, DL-lactate, fumarate, pyruvate, citrate, acetate, glycine, L-asparagine, and L-glutamine are utilized as sole energy sources for growth, but D-maltose, D-lactose, D-trehalose, D-raffinose, D-mannitol, D-sorbitol, glycerol, DL-malate, succinate, L-alanine, L-arginine, L-histidine, L-ornithine, and L-glutamic acid are not utilized. The NCBI accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence is OR646564. Strain MBLA0249 (= NIBRARC000510481) was isolated from seawater near Dokdo island , Korea (37°14 ʹ 29.4 ʺ N 131°52 ʹ 00.9 ʺ E) GoogleMaps .