' Halomonas saudii' sp. nov., a new bacterial species isolated from marine plant Halocnemum strobilaceum

F Bibi; M Yasir; S A Alvi; E I Azhar; A A K Al-Ghamdi; A M Abuzenadah; D Raoult; E Angelakis

doi:10.1016/j.nmni.2016.11.007

' Halomonas saudii' sp. nov., a new bacterial species isolated from marine plant Halocnemum strobilaceum

New Microbes New Infect. 2016 Nov 15:15:42-43. doi: 10.1016/j.nmni.2016.11.007. eCollection 2017 Jan.

Authors

F Bibi¹, M Yasir¹, S A Alvi¹, E I Azhar², A A K Al-Ghamdi³, A M Abuzenadah⁴, D Raoult⁵, E Angelakis⁵

Affiliations

¹ Special Infectious Agents Unit, King Fahd Medical Research Center, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
² Special Infectious Agents Unit, King Fahd Medical Research Center, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; Department of Medical Laboratory Technology, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
³ Department of Medical Laboratory Technology, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
⁴ Center of Excellence in Genomic Medicine Research (CEGMR), King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; KACST Technology Innovation Center in Personalized Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
⁵ Unité de Recherche sur les Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales Emergentes, URMITE CNRS-IRD 198 UMR 6236, Aix-Marseille Université, Faculté de Médecine, Marseille, France.

Abstract

We report here the main characteristics of 'Halomonas saudii' strain Saudii DR2 (CSUR P2512), a new species of the Halomonas genus that was isolated from a rhizosphere of Halocnemum strobilaceum in April 2015.

Keywords: Culturomics; Halocnemum strobilaceum; New species; Saudi Arabia; ‘Halomonas saudii’ sp. nov..