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Taxonomy
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Phylum Firmicutes, Class Bacilli, Order Bacillales, Family Staphylococcaceae, Genus Aliicoccus, Aliicoccus persicus Amoozegar et al.
2014.
Gram-positive cocci, 0.7-0.8 μm diameter. Non-spore-forming. Non-motile.
Colonies are circular, entire, smooth and pale yellow, 1.6-1.8 mm in diameter on
7.5% HM agar medium after 48 h of incubation at 35 ºC. Moderately halophilic,
growing with 0.5-12.5% (w/v) NaCl, with optimal growth at 5-7.5 % (w/v) NaCl. No
growth in 0% NaCl. Grows at 20-45 ºC (optimally at 35 ºC) and pH 7.0-10.0 (optimally
at pH 8.0). Strictly aerobic.
Isolated from Aran-Bidgol hypersaline lake in Iran.
Undetermined.
- Amoozegar, M. A., Bagheri, M., Makhdoumi-Kakhki, A., Didari, M., Schumann, P., Nikou, M. M., Sachez-Porro, C. and Ventosa, A.
2014. Aliicoccus persicus gen. nov., sp. nov., a halophilic member of the Firmicutes isolated from a hypersaline lake. Int. J. Syst.
Evol. Microbiol., 64, 1964-1969.
Positive results for catalase and oxidase.
Can utilize as sole carbon source: arabinose, cellobiose, citrate, D-fructose, galactose, maltose, mannitol and sucrose.
Negative results for casein hydrolysis, DNA hydrolysis, esculin hydrolysis, beta-galactosidase, gelatin hydrolysis, H2S production,
indole production, methyl red reduction, nitrates reduction, ornithine decarboxylase, phenylalanine deaminase, starch hydrolysis, and
Tweens 20, 40, 60 and 80, urease, Voges-Proskauer test, acid production from: arabinose, D-fructose, D-glucose, galactose, lactose,
mannitol, D-mannose, maltose, melibiose, ribose, sucrose, trehalose or D-xylose.
No utilization as sole carbon source: D-glucose, mannose, melibiose, ribose, raffinose, starch, trehalose, glycerol, L-alanine, L-
arginine, L-asparagine, L-aspartic acid, L-cysteine, glycine, L-histidine, L-leucine, L-methionine, L-phenylalanine, L-proline, L-tyrosine
or L-valine.