1. Microbiology and Biotechnology Research Group, Research Institute of Petroleum Industry, Tehran, Iran
2. Microorganisms Bank, Iranian Biological Resource Centre (IBRC), ACECR Tehran, Iran
3. Extremophiles Laboratory, Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Biology and Center of Excellence in Phylogeny of Living Organisms, College of Science, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
4. Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Sevilla, 41012 Sevilla, Spain