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Haloarcula argentinensis sp. nov. and Haloarcula mukohataei sp. nov., Two New Extremely Halophilic Archaea Collected in Argentina

Division of Biological Science, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-01 Japan

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ABSTRACT

Strains arg-1^T (T = type strain) and arg-2^T, two new strains of extremely halophilic archaea, were isolated from the soils of the Argentine salt flats. The taxonomic features of arg-1^T were similar to, but distinct from, those of the type strain of Haloarcula vallismortis and other Haloarcula species. On the 16S rRNA phylogenetic tree, strain arg-1^T formed a cluster together with Haloarcula species. Strain arg-2^T differed in its glycolipid composition but still was more closely related to the genus Haloarcula than to other established genera. We propose that strain arg-1^T be classified as a member of a new species, Haloarcula argentinensis, and that strain arg-2^T be classified as a member of Haloarcula mukohataei sp. nov., although arg-2^T may belong to a new genus or a subgenus of the genus Haloarcula. The type strain of H. argentinensis is strain arg-1 (= JCM 9737), and the type strain of H. mukohataei is strain arg-2 (= JCM 9738).

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