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Halococcus dombrowskii sp. nov., an archaeal isolate from a Permian alpine salt deposit.
International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology - 1 Sept 2002
Stan-Lotter Helga, Pfaffenhuemer Marion, Legat Andrea, Busse Hans-Jürgen, Radax Christian, Gruber Claudia
Abstract excerpt
Several extremely halophilic coccoid archaeal strains were isolated from pieces of dry rock salt that were obtained three days after blasting operations in an Austrian salt mine. The deposition of the salt is thought to have occurred during the Permian period (225-280 million years ago). On the basis of their polar-lipid composition, 16S rRNA gene sequences, cell shape and growth characteristics, the isolates...
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