Alkalihalobacillus deserti sp. nov., Isolated from the Saline-Alkaline Soil.

A bacterial strain, designated TRPH29, was isolated from saline-alkaline soil, collected from the southern edge of the Gurbantunggut desert, Xinjiang, People's Republic of China. The isolate was Gram-staining positive, facultatively anaerobic, straight rods. Growth occurred at 15-40 °C (optimum, 28 °C), pH 8.

sp. nov., isolated from the stem of in north-west China.

A bacterial strain, designated YZJH907-2, was isolated from the stem of , collected from the southern edge of the Gurbantunggut desert, Xinjiang, PR China. Cells of strain YZJH907-2 were Gram-stain-positive, aerobic and rod-shaped. They formed white or colourless circular colonies with smooth convex surfaces.

sp. nov., isolated from saline-alkaline soil.

A novel bacterium, designated TRT317, was isolated from saline-alkaline soil collected from the Pamir plateau in northwest China. Cells of this strain were Gram-stain-negative, aerobic rods and red-pink-coloured. Phylogenetic analysis using 16S rRNA gene sequences indicated that strain TRT317 showed the highest sequence similarity to the type strains of (96.

sp. nov., isolated from the root of in north-west PR China.

A bacterial strain, designated YZGR15, was isolated from the root of an annual halophyte , collected from the southern edge of the Gurbantunggut desert, north-west PR China. Cells of the isolate were Gram-stain-positive, facultatively anaerobic, irregular rods. Growth occurred at 4-42 °C (optimum, 30-37 °C), at pH 6.

Sphingobacterium endophyticum sp. nov., a novel endophyte isolated from halophyte.

A bacterial strain designated NYYP31 was isolated from the leaves of an annual halophytes, Suaeda corniculata Bunge, collected from the southern edge of the Gurbantunggut desert, north-west China. Strain NYYP31 was Gram-staining negative, strictly aerobic, rod-shaped, non-motile, and non-spore-forming. Growth was observed at 4-42 °C, at pH 5.