Link to bioRxiv paper: http://biorxiv.org/cgi/content/short/2020.07.27.213165v1?rss=1 Authors: Perez, S., Gomila, M., Murialdo, S. E., Ameztoy, I. M., Gonzalez-Escalona, N., Ramirez, E. E., Yeannes, M. I. Abstract: A facultative aerobic, Gram-negative, motile, non-endospore forming and extremely halophilic bacterium, strain 11aiiT, isolated from salted-ripened anchovy, was examined using a polyphasic approach to characterize and clarify its phylogenetic and taxonomic position. Sequences of the 16S rRNA gene revealed close relationships to species of the genera Lentibacillus and Virgibacillus (94.2% similarity). The organism grew optimally in the presence of 20-35 % NaCl. The major fatty acids of strain 11aiiT were C16:0 (42.1%) and anteiso-C15:0 (31.2%) and also presented iso-C16:0 (11.0%), anteiso-C17:0 (10.4%) and C18:0 (5.2%). Based on data presented here, strain 11aiiT is considered to represent a novel genus and species, for which the name Haloargentinum marplatensis gen. nov. sp. nov. is proposed with the strain 11aiiT as type strain. Copy rights belong to original authors. Visit the link for more info