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Phylum Bacillota (Firmicutes), Class Bacilli, Order Bacillales, Family Staphylococcaceae, Genus Salinicoccus, Salinicoccus
kunmingensis Chen et al. 2007.
kunmingensis Chen et al. 2007.
Gram-positive cocci, 0.8-1.2 μm, occuring singly, in pairs, tetrads or clumps. Non-
motile. Non-spore-forming.
motile. Non-spore-forming.
Colonies are circular, convex, yellow-pigmented and non-translucent with shiny,
glistening surfaces and entire margins, 2-3 mm in diameter after 3 days on Marine
Agar supplemented with 8 % (w/v) NaCl at pH 8.0 and 37 ºC. Also grows well on MA
supplemented with 2-15 % (w/v) MgCl2 or KCl instead of NaCl. Obligately aerobic.
Moderately halophilic; Growth occurs in media containing 0.5-25% NaCl; optimum
8-10% NaCl. Grows at 4-45 ºC; optimal growth at 37 ºC. Grows in pH 6.0-10.0;
optimum pH 8.0.
glistening surfaces and entire margins, 2-3 mm in diameter after 3 days on Marine
Agar supplemented with 8 % (w/v) NaCl at pH 8.0 and 37 ºC. Also grows well on MA
supplemented with 2-15 % (w/v) MgCl2 or KCl instead of NaCl. Obligately aerobic.
Moderately halophilic; Growth occurs in media containing 0.5-25% NaCl; optimum
8-10% NaCl. Grows at 4-45 ºC; optimal growth at 37 ºC. Grows in pH 6.0-10.0;
optimum pH 8.0.
Isolated from a brine sample collected from the Yipinglang salt mine in Kunming, China.
Susceptible to ampicillin (30 mg), chloramphenicol (30 μg), nalidixic acid (20 μg), novobiocin (30 μg), rifampicin (5 μg) and tetracycline
(30 μg). Resistant to gentamicin (10 μg), kanamycin (30 μg), lincomycin (2 μg), polymyxin B (30 μg) and streptomycin(10 μg).
Susceptible to ampicillin (30 mg), chloramphenicol (30 μg), nalidixic acid (20 μg), novobiocin (30 μg), rifampicin (5 μg) and tetracycline
(30 μg). Resistant to gentamicin (10 μg), kanamycin (30 μg), lincomycin (2 μg), polymyxin B (30 μg) and streptomycin(10 μg).
Undetermined.
Description is based on API 50CH, API 20E, API 20NE, API ZYM and Biolog GP2 results.
Positive results for aesculin hydrolysis, acid phosphatase, alkaline phosphatase, catalase, cystine arylamidase,
alpha-chymotrypsin,esterase (C4), esterase lipase (C8), lipase (C14), leucine arylamidase, alpha-mannosidase, nitrate reduction,
oxidase, starch hydrolysis, Tween 80 hydrolysis, acid production from: amygdalin, N-acetylglucosamine, D-fructose, inositol,
D-lactose, D-mannitol and sucrose.
In Biolog GP2 plates, the following substrates are used as sole carbon and energy sources: N-acetyl-D-glucosamine, amygdalin,
L-arabinose, D-cellobiose, D-fructose, D-glucose, glycerol, chydroxybutyric acid, myo-inositol, alpha-D-lactose, D-mannitol,
D-mannose, D-psicose, D-raffinose, L-rhamnose, D-ribose, sucrose, trehalose, Tween 40, L-alaninamide and L-asparagine.
Negative results for arginine dihydrolase, casein hydrolysis, chitin hydrolysis, alpha- and beta-galactosidase, alpha- and beta-
glucosidase, beta-glucuronidase, N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase, beta-galactosidase (ONPG), gelatin hydrolysis (but gelatinase
detected !?), H2S production, indole production, lysine decarboxylase, methyl red test, ornithine decarboxylase, tryptophan deaminase,
trypsin, Tween 20 hydrolysis, urease, valine arylamidase, Voges-Proskauer test, acid production from: D-galactose, D-glucose,
glycerol, maltose and trehalose.
Positive results for aesculin hydrolysis, acid phosphatase, alkaline phosphatase, catalase, cystine arylamidase,
alpha-chymotrypsin,esterase (C4), esterase lipase (C8), lipase (C14), leucine arylamidase, alpha-mannosidase, nitrate reduction,
oxidase, starch hydrolysis, Tween 80 hydrolysis, acid production from: amygdalin, N-acetylglucosamine, D-fructose, inositol,
D-lactose, D-mannitol and sucrose.
In Biolog GP2 plates, the following substrates are used as sole carbon and energy sources: N-acetyl-D-glucosamine, amygdalin,
L-arabinose, D-cellobiose, D-fructose, D-glucose, glycerol, chydroxybutyric acid, myo-inositol, alpha-D-lactose, D-mannitol,
D-mannose, D-psicose, D-raffinose, L-rhamnose, D-ribose, sucrose, trehalose, Tween 40, L-alaninamide and L-asparagine.
Negative results for arginine dihydrolase, casein hydrolysis, chitin hydrolysis, alpha- and beta-galactosidase, alpha- and beta-
glucosidase, beta-glucuronidase, N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase, beta-galactosidase (ONPG), gelatin hydrolysis (but gelatinase
detected !?), H2S production, indole production, lysine decarboxylase, methyl red test, ornithine decarboxylase, tryptophan deaminase,
trypsin, Tween 20 hydrolysis, urease, valine arylamidase, Voges-Proskauer test, acid production from: D-galactose, D-glucose,
glycerol, maltose and trehalose.
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- Yi-Guang Chen, Xiao-Long Cui, Rudiger Pukall, Hui-Ming Li, Ya-Ling Yang, Li-Hua Xu, Meng-Liang Wen, Qian Peng, Cheng-Lin
Jiang: Salinicoccus kunmingensis sp. nov., a moderately halophilic bacterium isolated from a salt mine in Yunnan, south-west
China. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol, October 2007 57: 2327-2332. - Mi-Ja Jung, Min-Soo Kim, Seong Woon Roh, Kee-Sun Shin, Jin-Woo Bae: Salinicoccus carnicancri sp. nov., a halophilic
bacterium isolated from a Korean fermented seafood. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol, March 2010 60: 653-658.
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