Strictly aerobic bacterial strain.
Isolated from saline soil of Suaeda salsa that were collected from wasteland in Tumd Right Banner, in Inner Mongolia, China (110 deg 49 min 15 sec E, 40 deg 35 min 55 sec N).
Ruania suaedae sp. nov. and Ruania halotolerans sp. nov., two actinobacteria isolated from saline soil, and reclassification of Haloactinobacterium kanbiaonis as Occultella kanbiaonis comb. nov.