Table 1 The isolation source, NaCl tolerance and closest phylogenetic relatives of bacterial isolates from a hypersaline pond in Sichuan, China
Isolate No.a | Isolation source | NaCl toleranceb | Closest phylogenetic relative (type strain) c | Sequence similarity (%) | Isolation source | Reference - Accession No. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bacillaceae, Bacilliales, Firmicutes | ||||||
M1-1 | Water | 0–30 (15) | Salimicrobium luteum BY-5T | 98.5–99.0 | Saltern sediments (Korea) | DQ227305 |
C15-8; C11-3; C13-2 ; C14-2; C15-4; M13-3; M13-5; M14-4 | Sediments | 0–30 (15) | ||||
M22-4; C22-2; M17-8; M22-5; M23-6; M25-10 | Soil | 0–30 (10) | ||||
C8-1 | Water | 1–30 (25) | Salimicrobium halophilum DSM 4771T | 99.1 | Solar saltern (Korea) | AJ243920 |
S25-1 | Soil | 1–25 (10) | Halobacillus hunanensis JSM071077T | 99.5 | Brine, salt mine (China) | FJ425898 |
S15-3 | Soil | 0–25 (10) | Halobacillus alkaliphilus FP5T | 99.3 | Solar saltern (Spain) | AM295006 |
S105-2; | Water | 0–25 (5) | Halobacillus trueperi DSM 10404T | 98.7–99.8 | Sediments (Great Salt Lake, USA) | AJ310149 |
S30-2; S27-1; S101-1 | Water | 0–20 (5) | ||||
S57-1; S57-2; S79-2 | Water | 1–15 (5) | Virgibacillus marismortui 123T | 99.7–99.9 | Water (Dead Sea) | AJ009793 |
M24-1 | Soil | 5–25 (10) | Halalkalibacillus halophilus BH2T | 99.8 | Non-saline soil (Japan) | AB264529 |
M18-1; M18-3; M18-4; M18-8 | Soil | 5–25 (15) | Alkalibacillus salilacus BH163T | 99.6 | Sediments, salt lake (China) | AY671976 |
M14-5 | Sediments | 0–30 (15) | Marinococcus luteus KCTC 13214T | 99.8–99.9 | Saline soil (Barkol Lake, China) | FJ214659 |
C22-3; C17-6; M22-6 | Soil | 0–30 (10) | ||||
Halomonadaceae, Oceanospirillales, Gammaproteobacteria, Proteobacteria | ||||||
S35-1; S83-1; S96-2 | Water | 0–15 (5) | Halomonas janggokensis M24T | 99.7–99.9 | Solar saltern (Korea) | AM229315 |
S78-2 | Water | 0–20 (10) | Halomonas aquamarina DSM 30161T and Halomonas meridiana DSM 5425T | 99.1 | Sea water (Hawaii) | AJ306888 |
Saline lake (Antarctica) | AJ306891 | |||||
S74-1 | Water | 0–20 (10) | Halomonas gudaoenis SL014B-69T | 99.4 | Contaminated saline soil (China) | DQ421808 |
S15-2 | Sediments | 0–20 (10) | Halomonas elongata IH9T | 99.0–99.2 | Solar saltern (Bonaire, Antilles) | X67023 |
S24-1 | Soil | 0–20 (10) | ||||
C3-1; S55-1 | Water | 0–30 (20) | Chromohalobacter salexigens DSM 3043T | 99.7–99.9 | Solar saltern (Bonaire, Antilles) | CP000285 |
C4-2 | Water | 10–30 (15) | Halovibrio denitrificans HGD 3T | 98.5 | Sediments, salt lake (Mongolia) | DQ072718 |
Idiomarinaceae, Alteromonadales, Gammaproteobacteria, Proteobacteria | ||||||
S1-2; S5-1; S87-1 | Water | 1–25 (10) | Idiomarina loihiensis L2-TRT | 99.4–99.5 | Deep sea hydrothermal vent (Hawaii) | AF288370 |