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Sphingomonas alaskensis sp. nov., a dominant bacterium from a marine oligotrophic environment.
International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology - 1 Jan 2001
Vancanneyt M, Schut F, Snauwaert C, Goris J, Swings J, Gottschal J C
Abstract excerpt
Seven Gram-negative strains, isolated in 1990 from a 10(6)-fold dilution series of seawater from Resurrection Bay, a deep fjord of the Gulf of Alaska, were identified in a polyphasic taxonomic study. Analysis of 16S rDNA sequences and DNA-homology studies confirmed the phylogenetic position of all strains in the genus Sphingomonas and further indicated that all of the strains constitute a single homogeneous...
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