Halorhabdus rudnickae sp. nov., a halophilic archaeon isolated from a salt mine borehole in Poland. Halorhabdus rudnickae sp. nov.

The halophilic archaea, designated strains WSM-64 was isolated from a sample taken from a borehole near the Wieliczka salt mine, in Poland. Strains are red pigmented and form non-motile cocci that stain Gram-negative. The complete genome of this strain is here presented. Analysis of the almost complete 16S rRNA gene sequence indicated that the strains WSM-64T represented a member of the genus Halorhabdus in the family Halobacteriaceae. Based on 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis, physiological and biochemical characteristics we describe a new species represented by strain WSM-64T (=DSM 29498T =CECT 8673T) for which we propose the name Halorhabdus rudnickae sp. nov.