sp. nov., a moderately halophilic bacterium isolated from a grey saltern.

A novel moderately halophilic bacterium, designated strain KHM2, was isolated from the sediment of a grey solar saltern located on Sinui Island, Shinan, Republic of Korea. Cells were rod-shaped, endospore-forming, Gram-stain-positive, motile and facultative anaerobic. Strain KHM2 performed anaerobic respiration using nitrates and did not produce glucose acids, indicating the absence of fermentation.

sp. nov., and sp. nov., isolated from oxidized rice paddy soil.

Three Gram-stain-negative, motile or non-motile, rod-shaped, facultatively aerobic strains, designated MO-4, NP-34 and NM-18, were isolated from oxidized rice paddy soil in Chungbuk, Republic of Korea. Colonies were circular and convex with entire margins, red in colour on R2A after 3 days at 30 °C. The three strains grew at pH 5.

sp. nov., a moderately halophilic bacterium isolated from sediment of a crystallizing pond of a saltern.

Two Gram-stain-negative, moderately halophilic bacteria, designated strains ECH52 and KHM46, were isolated from the sediment of a grey saltern located in Sinui island at Shinan, Korea. The isolates were aerobic, non-motile, short rods and grew at 15-45 °C (optimum, 37 °C), at pH 6.0-10.

Aliifodinibius salicampi sp. nov., a moderately halophilic bacterium isolated from a grey saltern.

Three strains of a Gram-stain-negative, moderately halophilic bacterium, designated strain KHM44T, KHM29 and HHM4, were isolated from the sediment of a grey saltern located on Sinui island at Shinan, Korea. The isolates were aerobic, non-motile rods and grew at 15-50 °C (optimum, 37 °C), at pH 6.0-9.

Rhodanobacter rhizosphaerae sp. nov., isolated from soil of ginseng rhizosphere.

A Gram-stain-negative, aerobic, non-motile, non-spore-forming, yellow and rod-shaped bacterium, designated strain CR164T, was isolated from the rhizosphere soil of a ginseng field at Geumsan in Korea. CR164T grew at between 15 and 37 °C (optimal growth at 28 °C), between pH 6.0 and 9.

Streptomyces panaciradicis sp. nov., a β-glucosidase-producing bacterium isolated from ginseng rhizoplane.

A Gram-staining-positive actinobacterium, designated strain 1MR-8(T), was isolated from the rhizoplane of ginseng and its taxonomic status was determined using a polyphasic approach. The isolate formed long chains of spores that were straight, cylindrical and smooth-surfaced. Strain 1MR-8(T) grew at 10-37 °C (optimum 28 °C), whilst no growth was observed at 45 °C.