1. Institute of Biology, Romanian Academy, Splaiul Independentei 296, PO Box 56-53, Bucharest 060031, Romania
2. Japan Collection of Micro-organisms, RIKEN BioResource Center, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
3. Bio-Nano Electronics Research Centre, Toyo University, 2100 Kujirai, Kawagoe, Saitama 350-8585, Japan
4. Halophiles Research Institute, 677-1 Shimizu, Noda, Chiba 278-0043, Japan