Halapricum desulfuricans sp. nov., carbohydrate-utilizing,sulfur-respiring haloarchaea from hypersaline lakes

Nine pure cultures of neutrophilic haloaloarchaea capable of anaerobic growth by carbohydrate dependent sulfur respiration were isolated from hypersaline lakes in southwestern Siberia and southern Russia. According to phylogenomic analysis the isolates were closely related to each other and formed a new species within the genus Halapricum ...