Saccharibacillus kuerlensis sp nov., isolated from a desert soil

A taxonomic study was performed on strain HR1(T), which was isolated from a desert soil sample collected from Xinjiang Province (China). Cells were aerobic, Gram-positive-staining, pink-pigmented, sporulating rods with a single lateral flagellum. The orga

We thank the Chinese National Natural Science Foundation (30600001) and Jiangsu Natural Sciences Foundation (BK2005422) for financial support. We are also grateful to Soon-Wo Kwon and Che Ok Jeon for their excellent technical assistance.