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. 2015 Jun 18;19(5):899–907. doi: 10.1007/s00792-015-0765-y

Table 1.

Comparative properties of strain APT3T and its closest (halo)alkaliphilic relatives from the Desulfobacteraceae (Brandt and Ingvorsen 1997;  Kjeldsen et al. 2010; Sorokin et al. 2012a); nd, not determined

Property APT3 Desulfonatronobacter acidivorans Desulfosalsimonas propionicica Desulfobacter halotolerans
Cell morphology Rods Short rods Rods Rods
Motility + + +
Dominant PLFA 18:1ω7, 16:0, i14:0 18:1ω7, 16:0, 16:1ω7 nd nd
Dominant respiratory lipoquionone MK-9 MK-8 nd nd
Identified membrane polar lipids Phosphatidylglycerol, diphosphatidylglycerol phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylcholine nd nd
Acetate as e-donor + (with thiosulfate and sulfite) + (with sulfate)
Other e-donors C3–C9 VFA, pyruvate, lactate, i-butyrate, EtOH, BuOH, i-BuOH C3–C8 VFA H2, propionate, butyrate, i-butyrate, fumarate, lactate, EtOH, PrOH, BuOH EtOH
Electron acceptors Sulfate, sulfite, thiosulfate Sulfate, thiosulfate Sulfate, sulfite, thiosulfate Sulfate, sulfite, thiosulfate
Salt range (optimum), M Na+ 0.3–4.0 (1.0) 0.2–1.5 (0.6) 0.1–3.4 (1.0) 0.1–2.0 (0.2–0.3)
pH range (optimum) 8.0–10.1 (9.5) 8.5–10.6 (10.0) 6.0–8.3 (7.0) 6.2–8.1 (6.2–7.4)
G + C, mol % 53.5 54.4 54.1 49.0
Habitat Soda lakes Great Salt Lake