Aerobic heterotroph.
Isolated from halophile medium using water from the bottom water layer of Westpool D also known as Ronny's Pool (ALD_RP) (9 deg 26 min 40.5 sec S, 46 deg 27 min 6.8 sec E).
von Hoyningen-Huene AJE, Schlotthauer TJ, Schneider D, Poehlein A, Daniel R
Title
Pontibacillus sp. ALD_SL1 and Psychroflexus sp. ALD_RP9, two novel moderately halophilic bacteria isolated from sediment and water from the Aldabra Atoll, Seychelles.