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Stenotrophomonas rhizophila sp. nov., a novel plant-associated bacterium with antifungal properties.
International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology - 1 Nov 2002
Wolf Arite, Fritze Antje, Hagemann Martin, Berg Gabriele
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A polyphasic taxonomic study was performed on 16 Stenotrophomonas strains from environmental and clinical sources. A group of three plant-associated isolates were shown to be phenotypically different from the other strains. This group formed a separate physiological cluster (B1) with 42% heterogeneity to the other isolates. The defining characteristics of the new species were as follows: growth at 4 degrees C and...
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