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39. Takami H, Kobata K, Nagahama T, Kobayashi H, Inoue A, Horikoshi K (1999) Biodiversity
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from a deep-sea sediment core. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 57:409–413
41. Yu C, Yu S, Zhang Z, Li Z, Zhang X-H (2014) Oceanobacillus pacificus sp. nov., isolated
from a deep-sea sediment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 64:1278–1283
42. Lu J, Nogi Y, Takami H (2001) Oceanobacillus iheyensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a deep-sea
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44. Ishikawa M, Nakajima K, Ishizaki S, Kodama K, Okamoto-Kainuma A, Koizumi Y,
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Evol Microbiol 61:2996–3002
45. Kurata A, Miyazaki M, Kobayashi T, Nogi Y, Horikoshi K (2007) Alkalimonas
collagenimarina sp. nov., a psychrotolerant, obligate alkaliphile isolated from deep-sea
sediment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 57:1549–1553
46. Zhang J, Wang J, Song F, Fang C, Xin Y, Zhang Y (2011) Bacillus nanhaiisediminis sp. nov.,
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47. Wu Y-H, Shen Y-Q, Xu X-W, Wang C-S, Oren A, Wu M (2009) Pseudidiomarina
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48. Hu ZY, Li Y (2007) Pseudidiomarina sediminum sp. nov., a marine bacterium isolated from
coastal sediments of Luoyuan Bay in China. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 57:2572–2577
49. Huang SP, Chang HY, Chen JS, Jean WD, Shieh WY (2012) Aliidiomarina taiwanensis gen.
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50. Srinivas TNR, Nupur, Anil Kumar P (2012) Aliidiomarina haloalkalitolerans sp. nov., a marine
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52. Shahinpei A, Amoozegar MA, Abolhassan S, Fazeli S, Schumann P, Spröer C, Ventosa A (2017)
Aliidiomarina sedimenti sp. nov., a haloalkaliphilic bacterium in the family Idiomarinaceae. Int J
Syst Evol Microbiol 67:2087–2092
53. Shahinpei A, Amoozegar MA, Fazeli SAS, Schumann P, Ventosa A (2014) Salinispirillum
marinum gen. nov., sp. nov., a haloalkaliphilic bacterium in the family ‘Saccharospirillaceae’.
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nov., sp. nov., a gram-negative alkaliphilic bacterium isolated from a nonsaline alkaline
groundwater. Syst Appl Microbiol 29:100–108
35. Schulte M, Blake D, Hoehler T, McCollom T (2006) Serpentinization and its implications for
life on the early Earth and Mars. Astrobiology 6:364–376
36. Russell MJ, Hall AJ, Martin W (2010) Serpentinization as a source of energy at the origin of
life. Geobiology 8:355–371
37. Sleep NH, Bird DK, Pope EC (2011) Serpentinite and the dawn of life. Philos Trans R Soc
Lond Ser B Biol Sci 366:2857–2869
38. Takami H, Inoue A, Fuji F, Horikoshi K (1997) Microbial flora in the deepest sea mud of the
Mariana Trench. FEMS Microbiol Lett 152:279–285
39. Takami H, Kobata K, Nagahama T, Kobayashi H, Inoue A, Horikoshi K (1999) Biodiversity
in deep-sea sites located near the south part of Japan. Extremophiles 3:97–102
40. Kim Y-G, Choi DH, Hyun S, Cho BC (2007) Oceanobacillus profundus sp. nov., isolated
from a deep-sea sediment core. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 57:409–413
41. Yu C, Yu S, Zhang Z, Li Z, Zhang X-H (2014) Oceanobacillus pacificus sp. nov., isolated
from a deep-sea sediment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 64:1278–1283
42. Lu J, Nogi Y, Takami H (2001) Oceanobacillus iheyensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a deep-sea
extremely halotolerant and alkaliphilic species isolated from a depth of 1050 m on the Iheya
Ridge. FEMS Microbiol Lett 205:291–297
43. Ishikawa M, Tanasupawat S, Nakajima K, Kanamori H, Ishizaki S, Kodama K, OkamotoKainuma A, Koizumi Y, Yamamoto Y, Yamasato K (2009) Alkalibacterium thalassium
sp. nov., Alkalibacterium pelagium sp. nov., Alkalibacterium putridalgicola sp. nov. and
Alkalibacterium kapii sp. nov., slightly halophilic and alkaliphilic marine lactic acid bacteria
isolated from marine organisms and salted foods collected in Japan and Thailand. Int J Syst
Evol Microbiol 59:1215–1226
44. Ishikawa M, Nakajima K, Ishizaki S, Kodama K, Okamoto-Kainuma A, Koizumi Y,
Yamamoto Y, Yamasato K (2011) Alkalibacterium subtropicum sp. nov., a slightly halophilic
and alkaliphilic marine lactic acid bacterium isolated from decaying marine algae. Int J Syst
Evol Microbiol 61:2996–3002
45. Kurata A, Miyazaki M, Kobayashi T, Nogi Y, Horikoshi K (2007) Alkalimonas
collagenimarina sp. nov., a psychrotolerant, obligate alkaliphile isolated from deep-sea
sediment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 57:1549–1553
46. Zhang J, Wang J, Song F, Fang C, Xin Y, Zhang Y (2011) Bacillus nanhaiisediminis sp. nov.,
an alkalitolerant member of Bacillus rRNA group 6. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 61:1078–1083
47. Wu Y-H, Shen Y-Q, Xu X-W, Wang C-S, Oren A, Wu M (2009) Pseudidiomarina
donghaiensis sp. nov. and Pseudidiomarina maritima sp. nov., isolated from the East China
Sea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 59:1321–1325
48. Hu ZY, Li Y (2007) Pseudidiomarina sediminum sp. nov., a marine bacterium isolated from
coastal sediments of Luoyuan Bay in China. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 57:2572–2577
49. Huang SP, Chang HY, Chen JS, Jean WD, Shieh WY (2012) Aliidiomarina taiwanensis gen.
nov., sp. nov., isolated from shallow coastal water. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 62:155–161
50. Srinivas TNR, Nupur, Anil Kumar P (2012) Aliidiomarina haloalkalitolerans sp. nov., a marine
bacterium isolated from coastal surface seawater. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 101:761–768
51. Amoozegar MA, Shahinpei A, Abolhassan S, Fazeli S, Schumann P, Spröer C, Ventosa A
(2016) Aliidiomarina iranensis sp. nov., a haloalkaliphilic bacterium from a coastal-marine
wetland. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 66:2099–2105
52. Shahinpei A, Amoozegar MA, Abolhassan S, Fazeli S, Schumann P, Spröer C, Ventosa A (2017)
Aliidiomarina sedimenti sp. nov., a haloalkaliphilic bacterium in the family Idiomarinaceae. Int J
Syst Evol Microbiol 67:2087–2092
53. Shahinpei A, Amoozegar MA, Fazeli SAS, Schumann P, Ventosa A (2014) Salinispirillum
marinum gen. nov., sp. nov., a haloalkaliphilic bacterium in the family ‘Saccharospirillaceae’.
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 64:3610–3615
Isolation and Cultivation of Alkaliphiles
79