Kushneria pakistanensis sp. nov., a novel moderately halophilic bacterium isolated from rhizosphere of a plant (Saccharum spontaneum) growing in salt mines of the Karak area in Pakistan

The taxonomic position of a Gram-stain negative, moderately halophilic bacterium, designated NCCP-934 T , was investigated using polyphasic taxo- nomic approach. The strain NCCP-934 T was isolated from rhizosphere of a plant (Saccharum spontaneum, family Poaceae) growing in salt mines area in the Karak district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan. Cells of strain NCCP-934 T are rod shaped and motile. The bacterium is strictly aerobic, can...