Re-examining the 16S rDNA sequence of Halomonas salina

Previous reports of 16S rDNA sequencing of members of the family Halomonada ceae Franzmann et at 1989 include two different sequences that were both at tributed to the type strain of Halomonas salina (Valderrama et al. 1991) Do bson and Franzmann 1996 (basonym Deleya salina Valderrama et al. 1991). The two sequences are sufficiently different for them to belong to two differe nt species within the genus Halomonas. In order to determine which of the t wo sequences corresponded to that of the type strain of Halomonas saline, t he designated type strains of this species were obtained from the ATCC and the DSMZ. It was possible to show that only one of the previous sequences c orresponded to the sequences obtained from DSMZ 5928(T) and ATCC 49509(T).