Salinicola salarius is a
Gram-negative, moderately
halophilic
The halophiles, named after the Greek word for "salt-loving", are extremophiles that thrive in high salt concentrations. While most halophiles are classified into the domain Archaea, there are also bacterial halophiles and some eukaryotic species, ...
,
piezophilic A piezophile (from Greek "piezo-" for pressure and "-phile" for loving) is an organism with optimal growth under high hydrostatic pressure i.e. an organism that has its maximum rate of growth at a hydrostatic pressure equal to or above 10 MPa (= 99 ...
bacterium that requires pressures of 102
MPa to grow. The species was first isolated from a salt water sample from
Anmyeondo
Anmyeondo (Korean: Hangul 안면도, Hanja 安眠島) is an island in Taean county, South Chungcheong Province, South Korea. Originally a peninsula, Yeonguijeong Kim Yuk ordered the flooding of the area between Changgiri (Anmyeoneup) and Sinonri ...
, Korea and was formally described in 2007.
''S salarius'' cells are aerobic, Gram-negative, non-spore-forming rods (0.8–0.9x1.3–1.7 μm) that form yellow, smooth, translucent, circular colonies with entire edges. The oxidase- and catalase-positive cells are motile and possess lateral/polar flagella. Growth occurs at 10–45 °C (optimally at 25–30 °C) and at pH 5–10 (optimum pH 7–8). The strain is able to grow at salinities between 0 and 25% NaCl (optimum 10–20% NaCl).
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S.I. Paul et al. (2021)Saint Martin's Island
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Area of the Bay of Bengal, Bangladesh.
Biochemical characteristics of ''Salinicola salarius''
Colony, morphological, physiological, and biochemical characteristics of ''Salinicola salarius'' are shown in the Table below.
References
Oceanospirillales
Piezophiles
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